Shiva Purana
अनेकदेहभेदेन भिन्ना वृत्तिरिहात्मनः ॥ अष्टापदपरिक्षेपे ह्यक्षमुद्रेव लक्ष्यते ॥ ५७ ॥
The different activities of the soul in the different bodies resemble the motion of the die in the different squares in the chess-board.
english translation
anekadehabhedena bhinnA vRttirihAtmanaH ॥ aSTApadaparikSepe hyakSamudreva lakSyate ॥ 57 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript