Having completed his great sacrifice, king Uparichara, also, began to rule his subjects piously. At last, renouncing his body, he ascended to heaven. After sometime, through the curse of the Brahmanas, he dropped down from those happy regions and sank deep into the bowels of the Earth.
समाप्तयज्ञो राजापि प्रजां पालितवान् वसुः। ब्रह्मशापाद् दिवो भ्रष्टः प्रविवेश महीं ततः॥