O best of the Bharatas, the act of theft had been committed by Indra, and the oaths were taken by many royal and twiceborn Rishis.
पुष्करार्थं कृतं स्तैन्यं पुरा भरतसत्तम। राजर्षिभिर्महाराज तथैव च द्विजर्षिभिः॥