Matsyapurana 143.36

143.36

tataste ṛṣayo dṛṣṭvā hṛtaṃ dharmaṃ balena tu
vasorvākyamanādṛtya jagmuste vai yathāgatam //

In days gone by there had been serious differences between the Devas and the Ṛiṣis at the time of Svâyambhuva Manu on the subject of sacrificial rituals Afterwards when the Ṛiṣis saw that virtue was being forcibly set aside, they paid no heed to the words of the Vasus and returned to their hermitages—35 36