Though his limb was cut through by that worm, O Bharata, the son of Surya, lest his preceptor should awake, allowed it to do its pleasure.
संदश्यमानस्तु तथा कृमिणा तेन भारत। गुरोः प्रबोधनाशङ्की तमुपैक्षत सूर्यजः॥