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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 7]
when she was being married, his father cursed him to become a caṇḍāla, lower than a śūdra. Thereafter, by the influence of Viśvāmitra, he went to the higher planetary system, the heavenly planets, in his material body, but because of the prowess of the demigods he fell back downward. Nonetheless, by the power of Viśvāmitra, he did not fall all the way down; even today he can still be seen hanging in the sky, head downward.
TEXT 7
त्रैशङ्करो हरिश्चन्द्रो विश्वामित्रवसिष्ठयोः । यन्निमित्तमभूद युद्धं पक्षिणोर्बहुवार्षिकम् ॥ ७ ॥
traiśaṅkavo hariścandro viśvāmitra-vasiṣṭhayoḥ yan-nimittam abhūd yuddham pakṣiṇor bahu-vārṣikam
traiśaṅkavaḥ —the son of Triśaṅku;  hariścandraḥ —by the name Hariścandra;  viśvāmitra-vasiṣṭhayoḥ —between Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha;  yat-nimittam —because of Hariścandra;  abhūt —there was;  yuddham —a great fight;  pakṣiṇoḥ —both of whom had been converted into birds;  bahu-vārṣikam —for many years.
TRANSLATION
The son of Triśaṅku was Hariścandra. Because of Hariścandra there was a quarrel between Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha, who for many years fought one another, having been transformed into birds.
PURPORT
Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha were always inimical. Formerly, Viśvāmitra was a  kṣatriya , and by undergoing severe austerities he wanted to become a  brāhmaṇa , but Vasiṣṭha would not agree to accept him. In this way there was always disagreement between the two. Later, however, Vasiṣṭha accepted him because of Viśvāmitra's quality of forgiveness. Once Hariścandra performed a  yajña  for which Viśvāmitra was the priest, but Viśvāmitra, being angry at Hariścandra, took away all his