purvam -- first; deva -- O lord; asubham -- the sinful reactions; bhunje -- I will experience; iti -- thus saying; praha -- said; pata -- fall; iti -- thus; sah -- he; tavat -- just then; adraksham -- I saw; atmanam -- myself; krikalasam -- a lizard; patan -- falling; prabho -- O master.

I replied, "First, my lord, let me suffer my sinful reactions," and Yamaraja said, "Then fall!" "At once I fell, and while falling I saw myself becoming a lizard, O master.