Having been thus insulted before his disciples, the great Rishi cursed in anger the child in the womb. “As you speak from the womb, so will you be crooked in eight parts of your body." Thus the child was born crooked and the great Rishi was ever afterwards known by the name of Ashtavakra. He had an uncle, named Shvatakatu who was of the same age as himself.
दष्टावक्रः प्रथितो वै महर्षिः। अस्यासीद् वै मातुलः श्वेतकेतुः स तेन तुल्यो वयसा बभूव॥