The priests addressed the Lord, saying: O Lord, transcendental to material contamination, by the curse offered by Lord Śiva’s men we have become attached to fruitive activities, and thus we are now fallen and therefore do not know anything about You. On the contrary, we are now involved in the injunctions of the three departments of the Vedic knowledge under the plea of executing rituals in the name of yajña. We know that You have made arrangements for distributing the respective shares of the demigods.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
ऋत्विज ऊचुः । तत्त्वं न ते वयमनञ्जन रुद्रशापात् कर्मण्यवग्रहधियो भगवन् विदामः । धर्मोपलक्षणमिदं त्रिवृदध्वराख्यं ज्ञातं यदर्थमधिदैवमदो व्यवस्थाः
ṛtvija ūcuḥ | tattvaṃ na te vayamanañjana rudraśāpāt karmaṇyavagrahadhiyo bhagavan vidāmaḥ | dharmopalakṣaṇamidaṃ trivṛdadhvarākhyaṃ jñātaṃ yadarthamadhidaivamado vyavasthāḥ
SB 4.7.27