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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 9]
he became king;  āhuḥ —it is said;  mitrasaham —Mitrasaha;  yam vai —also;  kalmāṣāṅghrim —by Kalmāṣapāda;  uta —known;  kvacit —sometimes;  vasiṣṭha-śāpāt —being cursed by Vasiṣṭha;  rakṣaḥ —a man-eater;  abhūt —became;  anapatyaḥ —without any son;  sva-karmaṇā —by his own sinful act.
TRANSLATION
Sarvakāma had a son named Sudāsa, whose son, known as Saudāsa, was the husband of Damayantī. Saudāsa is sometimes known as Mitrasaha or Kalmāṣapāda. Because of his own misdeed, Mitrasaha was sonless and was cursed by Vasiṣṭha to become a man-eater [Rākṣasa].
TEXT 19
श्रीराजोवाच
किं निमित्तो गुरोः शापः सौदासस्य महात्मनः । एतद् वेदितुमिच्छामः कथ्यतां न रहो यदि ॥१९॥
śrī-rājovāca kim nimitto guroḥ śāpaḥ saudāsasya mahātmanaḥ etad veditum icchāmaḥ kathyatām na raho yadi
śrī-rājā uvāca—King Parikṣit said;  kim nimittaḥ —for what reason;  guroḥ —of the spiritual master;  śāpaḥ —curse;  saudāsasya —of Saudāsa;  mahā-ātmanaḥ —of the great soul;  etat —this;  veditum —to know;  icchāmaḥ —I wish;  kathyatām —please tell me;  na —not;  rahaḥ —confidential;  yadi —if.
TRANSLATION
King Parikṣit said: O Śukadeva Gosvāmī, why did Vasiṣṭha, the spiritual master of Saudāsa, curse that great soul? I wish to know of this. If it is not a confidential matter, please describe it to me.