Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3987

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Viśvāmitra looked at the hermit Vasiṣṭha who had cursed him and said, "So long as I am a stork you shall be Kingfisher. Thus they cursed each other. Both of them became birds and went to the shore of Mānasa lake and each building a nest on the top of trees began to live there. There was nothing but quarrel between the two birds daily. Both pecked and scratched each other to such an extent that they were covered with bleeding wounds. They looked like an Erythrina tree filled with flowers. Everybody who saw them was filled with sadness. Thus they lived there for a long time.