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Krishna having seen the change in the lizard asked the demigod what are the reason for it? The demigod said, "Lord Krishna, you are the all knowing supreme but since you have asked me I will tell you." He began, "In my previous life I was king
Nrga, I was very generous and I knew if I did good to others, good would come back to me. I used to give cows, cloths, food and fruits, not just to any ordinary people but to pious
brahmins."
"One day during a summer" the demigod continued, "I was giving cows to some brahmins and one of the cows of one of the brahmins came back to my cows. At that time I didn't notice it and gave that same cow to some other brahmin. When the brahmin, who that cow was previously given to, saw the other brahmin with it, he said, "that is my cow" and the other brahmin said the same thing, I saw them arguing and I said, "please, please give me back that cow and I will give you each 100,000 more cows," but the brahmins didn't want other cows, they wanted that one."
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