O foremost of birds, O you who are highly blessed, listen to what I say. There is a great king named Vasu who is of righteous soul and rigid vows! Through the anger of the Brahmanas, he has dropped into a pit of the Earth.
द्विजोत्तम महाभाग पश्यतां वचनान्मम। सम्राट् राजा वसुर्नाम धर्मात्मा संशितव्रतः॥ ब्राह्मणानां प्रकोपेन प्रविष्टो वसुधातलम्।