Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24


Sanskrit:

पूर्वं देवाशुभं भुञ्ज इति प्राह पतेति स: ।तावदद्राक्षमात्मानं कृकलासं पतन् प्रभो ॥ २४ ॥

ITRANS:

pūrvaṁ devāśubhaṁ bhuñjaiti prāha pateti saḥtāvad adrākṣam ātmānaṁkṛkalāsaṁ patan prabho

Translation:

I replied, “First, my lord, let me suffer my sinful reactions,” and Yamarāja said, “Then fall!” At once I fell, and while falling I saw myself becoming a lizard, O master.

Purport: