We have heard that he wantonly told a falsehood to a Brahmana. That ruler of earth was therefore abandoned by all the Brahmanas. Thus without having had a priest, the king became sinful and therefore the deity of one thousand eyes (Indra) stopped to shower rain; and thus his subjects began to suffer.
तेन कामात् कृतं मिथ्या बाह्मणस्येति नः श्रुतिः। स ब्राह्मणैः परित्यक्तस्ततो वै जगतः पतिः॥ पुरोहितापचाराच्च तस्य राज्ञो यदृच्छया। न ववर्ष सहस्राक्षास्ततोऽपीड्यन्त वै प्रजाः॥