Viṣṇu-māhātmya-varṇana & Vamśa-prasaṅga
Genealogical Continuation
प्रजा ह्युपहतास्तस्य ब्रह्मणा कारणं प्रति / अपत्यमस्य दारेषु स्वेषु माभून्महात्मनः
prajā hyupahatāstasya brahmaṇā kāraṇaṃ prati / apatyamasya dāreṣu sveṣu mābhūnmahātmanaḥ
His people were stricken due to a cause proceeding from Brahmā; therefore it was ordained that the great-souled one should have no offspring from his own wives.