Through this curse of the foremost of Rishis, the child of Utathya was born blind and remained so for a long time. It was, therefore, that that Rishi, in days of yore, passed by the name of Dirghatamas.
स शापदृष्टिमुख्यस्य दीर्घ तम उपेयिवान्। स हि दीर्घतमा नाम नाम्ना ह्यासीदृषिः पुरा