Knowing that he had fallen into a pit, his brothers Ekata and Dvita, actuated by fear of the wolf as also by temptation, went on, leaving behind their brother.
आर्तनाद ततश्चक्रे तौ तु शुश्रुवतुर्मुनी॥ तं ज्ञात्वा पतितं कूपे भ्रातरावेकतद्वितौ। वृकत्रासाच लोभाच्च समुत्सृज्य प्रजग्मतुः॥