All the gods and others that had come there held the same opinion, regarding the omission to invite the Lord of all creatures. Dadhichi alone, desirous of leaving that place then said,—By adoring one who should not be adored, and by refusing to adore him who should be adored, a man incurs the sin of homicide for ever.
एकमन्त्रास्तु ते सर्वे येनेशो न निमन्त्रितः। तस्माद् देशादपक्रम्य दधीचिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥ अपूज्यपूजनाच्चैव पूज्यानां चाप्यपूजनात्। नृघातकसमं पापं शश्वत् प्राप्नोति मानवः॥