Aty-arāti Jānaṃ-tapi, though not a prince, was taught the Rājasūya by Vāsiṣṭha Satyahavya, and thereupon conquered the earth. When Vāsiṣṭha reminded him of his indebtedness, and claimed a great reward, the warrior replied irascibly that he intended to conquer the Uttara Kurus, and that Vāsiṣṭha would then become King of the Earth, Atyarāti himself being his general (senā-pati). Vāsiṣṭha replied that as no mortal man could conquer the Uttara Kurus he was cheated of his reward. He consequently procured Atyarāti's defeat and death at the hands of Amitratapana Śuṣmiṇa Śaibya.1[Footnote] 1) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, viii. 23. Cf. Weber, Indische Studien, 1, 214.