Formerly he was devoted to the Brahmanas. He was truthful and had mastered his passions. Latterly, however, he began to entertain feelings of animosity towards the Brahmanas and touched clarified butter with impure hands.
ब्रह्मण्योऽयं पुरा भूत्वा सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रियः। अभ्यसूयद् ब्राह्मणानामुच्छिष्टश्चास्पृशद् घृतम्॥