Markandeyapurana 16.30

16.30

sūryodaye 'vaśaḥ prāṇairvimokṣyati na saṃśayaḥ /
bhāskarālokanādeva sa vināśamavāpsyati //

And on the road, the brāhman, while borne on his wife’s shoulder, through fear of thieves in the darkness pushed away Māṇḍavya, who was no thief and who was afflicted with grievous pain, being impaled on a stake. Enraged at the brush with a foot, Māṇḍavya addressed him—“He, who has with his foot pushed me away who am thus exceedingly afflicted, he sinful in soul, base among men, has gotten a miserable condition. At sunrise, helpless, he shall be bereft of life assuredly: at the sight of the sun indeed he shall perish.” Thereupon his wife hearing that most cruel curse, exclaimed distressed—“The sun verily shall not arise!”