Part 9: Various unimportant incarnations

Marīci’s soul fell and became a Brāhman, named Kauśika, with a life-term of eighty lacs of pūrvas,^[1] in the hamlet Kollāka. Always devoted to sensual pleasures, occupied with the acquisition of wealth, pitiless in injury, et cetera, he passed much time. At the end he became a Tridaṇḍin and, after he had died and passed through many births, he became a Brāhman, Puṣpamitra, in the hamlet Sthuna. He became a Tridaṇḍin and, after he had completed a life of seventy-two lacs of pūrvas, became a god in Saudharma with a medium life-term.

He fell and became a Brāhman, Agnyudyota, in the hamlet Caitya and as before became a Tridaṇḍin, living for sixty-four lacs of pṃrvas. After death he became a god in Aiśāna with a medium life-term. Then he fell and became a Brāhman, named Agnibhuti, in the hamlet Mandira. He became a Tridaṇḍin, living for fifty-six lacs of pūrvas, and after death became a god in Sanatkumāra with a medium life-term. He fell and became a Brāhman, Bhāradvāja, in Śvetambī. He became a Tridaṇḍin living for forty-four lacs of pūrvas, and after death became a god in Mahendra with a medium fife-term.

He fell and, after he had passed through births, became a Brāhman, Sthāvara, in Rājagṛha. He became a Tridaṇḍin living for thirty-four lacs of pūrvas, and after death became a god in Brahmaloka with a medium life-term. After he had fallen from Brahmaloka, he passed through many births. Verily, infinite births result from one’s karma.