Living as a fish for eight years he is born, O Bharata, as a deer. Living as a deer for four months he is next born as a goat.
भूत्वा मीनोऽष्ट वर्षाणि मृतो जायति भारत। मृगस्तु चतुरो मासांस्ततश्छागः प्रजायते॥