A cat, wicked-souled and disinclined to action, once on a time went to the banks of the Ganga and stayed there with his arms upraised. He, having set his heart on holy devotion , to inspire confidence in animals, said to all living beings "I shall practice virtue."
मार्जारः किल दुष्टात्मा निश्चेष्टः सर्वकर्मसु। ऊर्ध्वबाहुः स्थितो राजन् गङ्गातीरे कदाचन॥ कृत्वा मनःशुद्धिं प्रत्ययार्थं शरीरिणाम्। करोमि धर्ममित्याह सर्वानेव शरीरिणः॥