एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामः सर्व एव वयं मुने । भगवन्निन्दया वेनो द्विजैस्तमसि पातितः ॥ १७ ॥
etad veditum icchamah
sarva eva vayam mune
bhagavan-nindaya veno
dvijais tamasi patitah
etat-this; veditum-to know; icchamah-desire; sarve-all; eva-certainly; vayam-we; mune-O great sage; bhagavat-nindaya-because of blaspheming the Lord; venah-Vena, the father of Prthu Maharaja; dvijaih-by the brahmanas;tamasi-into hell; patitah-was thrown.