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Buddha goes to the earth and teaches the Daityas to contempt the Vedas; his sceptical doctrines; his prohibition of animal sacrifices - Verse 62

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 3 · Verse 18.62

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Sanskrit Original

स तु तेनापचारेण श्वा जज्ञे वसुधाधिपः उपोषितेन पाषण्डसंभाषो यः कृतो ऽभवत ।।

sa tu tenāpacāreṇa śvā jajñe vasudhādhipaḥ upoṣitena pāṣaṇḍasaṃbhāṣo yaḥ kṛto 'bhavat ||

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Thus, due to that offense, the lord of the earth was born as a dog, having been subjected to a conversation with a heretic while fasting.