His two brothers, dashing him down into a pit, had returned home. That foremost of Brahmanas, viz., Trita, had thereupon cursed them both."
तत्र चैनं समुत्सृज्य भ्रातरौ जग्मतुर्ग्रहान्। ततस्तौ वै शशापाथ त्रितो ब्राह्मणसत्तमः॥