Having said this, he was going to curse the king, when the latter said,” Do you curse him who does not give you what you ask? Is this the conduct proper in a Brahmana?”
एवमुक्त्वा तं शपन्तं राजाऽऽह। विप्र कि यो न ददाति तुभ्यमुताहोस्विद् ब्राह्मण्यमेतत्॥