Context of the goal of liberation from illusion

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The Chandogya Upanishad says that “those whose conduct has been evil will quickly attain an evil birth: the birth of a dog or a hog. Hence let a man take care!” Explain why birth as a dog or a hog would be so bad, in the context of the goal of liberation from illusion.

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