In his next life, this Brahmin priest took birth as a king at the land of Vidarbha with the name Bhishmaka. Many years later, the priest had also died in memory of the dog. The gods, seeing this great gesture of loyalty from the dog, awarded the post of the sun (Surya) with the name Vivasvan. The dog never ate anything after the incident and died in front of the same Shiva temple. The dog, regretting its previous action, did not accept the food. Albeit getting bit by the dog, the priest offered the dog the prasadha. The dog instantaneously bit the priest before it could realise that the person it bit was the priest whom the dog admired. Every dog's nature is to attack anyone who attacks it. ![]() Because it was a dark night, the priest accidentally walked over the dogs face. On one new moon day (Amavasya), after some delay in finishing his temple duties, the priest shut the temple premises and walked out fast to offer food for the dog.
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