At this answer, all the Rishis, effulgent like the Sun, became very angry. Addressing Vasu who was seated on his car and who had supported the deities, they said to him,-Since you have unfairly sided with the gods, do you fall down from heaven! From this day, O king, you shall lose the power of passing through the sky! Through our curse, you shall sink deep below the surface of the Earth.
कुपितास्ते ततः सर्वे मुनयः सूर्यवर्चसः॥ ऊचुर्वसुं विमानस्थं देवपक्षार्थवादिनम्। सुरपक्षो गृहीतस्ते यस्मात् तस्माद् दिवः पत॥ अद्यप्रभृति ते राजन्नाकाशे विहता गतिः। असाच्छापाभिघातेन महीं भित्त्वा प्रवेक्ष्यसि॥ (विरुद्धं वेदसूत्राणामुक्तं यदि भवेन्नृप। वयं विरुद्धवचना यदि तत्र पतामहे।।)