Janamejaya said "What is the origin of Udapana? How did the great ascetic Trita fall into a pit there? Why was that foremost of Brahmanas thrown into that pit by his brothers?
जनमेजय उवाच उदपानं कथं ब्रह्मन् कथं च सुमहातपाः। पतितः किं च संत्यक्तो भ्रातृभ्यां द्विजसत्तम॥