At that time, the two Rishis, viz., the two sons of Prajapati, called by the names of Ekata and Dvita, will on account of the injury done by them to their brother Trita, have to take birth as monkeys, losing the beauty of the human forin.
त्रितोपघाताद् वैरूप्यमेकतोऽथ द्वितस्तथा। प्राप्स्येते वानरत्वं हि प्रजापति सुतावृषी॥