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VISHNU.
XLIV, 1.
endure further pangs in their migration through animal bodies.
XLIV. 1. Now after having suffered the torments inAlicted in the hells, the evil-doers pass into animal bodies.
2. Criminals in the highest degree enter the bodies of all plants successively.
3. Mortal sinners enter the bodies of worms or insects.
4. Minor offenders enter the bodies of birds.
5. Criminals in the fourth degree enter the bodies of aquatic animals.
6. Those who have committed a crime effecting loss of caste, enter the bodies of amphibious animals.
7. Those who have committed a crime degrading to a mixed caste, enter the bodies of deer.
8. Those who have committed a crime rendering them unworthy to receive alms, enter the bodies of cattle.
9. Those who have committed a crime causing defilement, enter the bodies of (low-caste) men (such as Kandalas), who may not be touched.
10. Those who have committed one of the miscellaneous crimes, enter the bodies of miscellaneous wild carnivorous animals (such as tigers).
11. One who has eaten the food of one whose food may not be eaten, or forbidden food, becomes a worm or insect.
XLIV. 1-43. M. XII, 54-67; Y. III, 207-215. — 44, 45. M. XII, 68, 69.
11. See LI, 3 seq.
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