Vishnu Purana 4.9.12

4.9.12

badarīphalamātram apy arhasi mamāpyāyanāya puroḍāśakhaṇḍaṃ dātum ity ukto bṛhaspatir uvāca |
yady evaṃ pūrvam eva tvayāhaṃ coditaḥ syāṃ tan mayā tvadarthaṃ kim akartavyam iti |
svalpair evāhobhis tvāṃ nijaṃ padaṃ prāpayiṣyāmīty abhidhāya teṣām anudinābhicārikaṃ buddhimohāya śakrasya ca tejobhivṛddhaye juhāva |
te cāpi tena buddhimohenābhibhūyamānā brahmadviṣo dharmatyāgino vedavādaparāṅmukhā babhūvuḥ ||

When Raji ascended to the skies, his sons, at the instigation of Nárada, demanded the rank of Indra as their hereditary right; and as the deity refused to acknowledge their supremacy, they reduced him to submission by force, and usurped his station. After some considerable time had elapsed, the god of a hundred sacrifices, Indra, deprived of his share of offerings to the immortals, met with Vrihaspati in a retired place, and said to him, "Cannot you give me a little of the sacrificial butter, even if it were no bigger than a jujube, for I am in want of sustenance?" "If," replied Vrihaspati, "I had been applied to by you before, I could have done any thing for you that you wished; as it is, I will endeavour and restore you in a few days to your sovereignty." So saying, he commenced a sacrifice for the purpose of increasing the might of Indra, and of leading the sons of Raji into error, and so effecting their downfall. Misled by their mental fascination, the princes became enemies of the Brahmans, regardless of their duties, and contemners of the precepts of the Vedas; and thus devoid of morality and religion, they were slain by Indra, who by the assistance of the priest of the gods resumed his place in heaven. Whoever hears this story shall retain for ever his proper place, and shall never be guilty of wicked acts.