The Brahmani cursed the royal sage Kalmashapada in anger. “O wretch, because you have to day cruelly devoured in my very sight my illustrious and beloved husband when I was not gratified, therefore you shall by my curse meet with an instant death when you will unite yourself with your wife in season. That Rishi Vasishtha, whose son you have devoured,
कल्माषपादं राजर्षिमशपद् ब्राह्मणी रुषा। यस्मान्ममाकृतार्थायास्त्वया क्षुद्र नृशंसवत्॥ प्रेक्षन्त्या भक्षितो मेऽद्य प्रियो भर्ता महायशाः। तस्मात् त्वमपि दुर्बुद्धे मच्छापपरिविक्षतः॥ पत्नीमृतावनुप्राप्य सद्यस्त्यक्ष्यसि जीवितम्। यस्य चर्षेर्वसिष्ठस्य त्वया पुत्रा विनाशिताः॥