The sage, who had great affection for the leopard for its living in the same place with him, immediately transformed his leopard into a tiger powerful for all enemies.
संवासजं परं स्नेहमृषिणा कुर्वता तदा। स द्वीपी व्याघ्रतां नीतो रिपूणां बलवत्तरः॥