Chapter 3 - Non Human Births

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Yoga-sutras (with Vyasa and Vachaspati Mishra) [by Rama Prasada]

aparigrahasthairye janmakathamtasambodhah || 2. 39 || aparigraha—of non-covetousness. sthairye—in the confirmation, janma-kathamta—of the how of births. sambodhah—the knowledge. 39. Non-covetousness being confirmed, the knowledge of-the-how of births. —90....

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The Shiva Purana [by J. L. Shastri]

He takes various births in the mobile and immobile forms of life. He is distressed throughout. 28. After the transmigration through various forms of life ultimately he attains the rare human birth. 29. Human birth is attained even out of turn if the merit is weighty enough. As a result of the weightiness or otherwise of the actions, the goals achieved are of diverse nature. 30....

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The Devi Bhagavata Purana [by Swami Vijnanananda]

Then he becomes born as various birds; ultimately he gets a human birth and becomes an astrologer for seven births and a physician for seven births. Then for sometime he becomes a cowherd (milkman), for sometimes a blacksmith; for sometimes a painter, when he becomes freed of his sin. O Chaste One! Thus I have described to you all the famous Kundas or hells. Besides there are innumerable small Kundas....

Read full contents: Chapter 35 - On the description of the various hells for the various sinners

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