Brihaspati said O king, I do not wish to perform your। sacrifice, I have been appointed as priest by the King the Celestials and I have promised to him to act as such.
बृहस्पति उवाच न कामये याजयितुं त्वामहं पृथिवीपते। वृतोऽस्मि देवराजेन प्रतिज्ञातं च तस्य मे॥