In this wise, according to the custom of the Kșatriya the king Yayāti took upon himself the imprecation of the preceptor śukra, but he did not forgive him.
एष तूशनसा मुक्तः शापोत्सर्गो ययातिना। धारितः क्षत्रधर्मेण यं निमिश्चक्षमे न च ॥