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SB 9.8.15-16
asamañjasa atmanam
darsayann asamañjasam
jati-smarah pura sangad
yogi yogad vicalitah
acaran garhitam loke
jñatinam karma vipriyam
sarayvam kridato balan
prasyad udvejayañ janam
Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada:
Formerly, in his previous birth, Asamañjasa had been a great mystic yogi, but by bad association he had fallen from his exalted position. Now, in this life, he was born in a royal family and was a jati-smara; that is, he had the special advantage of being able to remember his past birth. Nonetheless, he wanted to display himself as a miscreant, and therefore he would do things that were abominable in the eyes of the public and unfavorable to his relatives. He would disturb the boys sporting in the river Sarayu by throwing them into the depths of the water.