The sage said O dog, you were first metamorphosed into a leopard. From a leopard you were then made a tiger. From a tiger you became an elephant with the temporal juice trickling adown your cheeks. You were then transformed into a lion.
श्वा त्वं द्वीपित्वमापन्नो द्वीपी व्याघ्रत्वमागतः॥ व्याघ्रान्नागो मदपटुर्नागः सिंहत्वमागतः।