Varaha Purana 202.69: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 69
Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences
हस्त्यश्वश्च शृगालश्च सूकरो बक एव च ॥ ततो जातस्तु सर्वेषु संसारेशु पुनः पुनः
hasty-aśvaś ca śṛgālaś ca sūkaro baka eva ca || tato jātas tu sarveṣu saṃsāreṣu punaḥ punaḥ
वो हाथी बनता है, घोड़ा बनता है, गिद्ध बनता है, सूअर बनता है, और बगुला भी। फिर वो बार-बार जनम लेता है, हर जगह फिरता रहता है।
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Enumerations of animal births are a recognizable Purāṇic device for communicating the gravity of misconduct through vivid, memorable sequences.
No geographic reference is present.
Unethical action is depicted as binding one to repeated cycles of rebirth.
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