Markandeyapurana 9.9

9.9

tasmād durātmā brahmadviṭ prājñānāmavaropitaḥ /
macchāpopahato mūḍhaḥ sa bakatvamavāpsyati //

Vaśiṣṭha spoke:
“It was Viśvāmitra who destroyed my hundred sons; yet on that occasion I was not so wroth as I am this day, on hearing that this king, who was high-souled, eminent, worshipful towards the gods and brāhmans, had been ousted from his kingdom. Since that king, truthful, tranquil, devoid of envy even towards an enemy, faultless also, upright in soul, vigilant, a relier on me, has been reduced to the last extremity together with his wife dependants and son, has been expelled from his kingdom by Viśvāmitra, and has been greatly worsted, therefore that impious brāhman-hater, uprooted from among the wise, blasted by my curse, the fool, shall be turned into a heron.”[1]