That head, coursing at will through the sky, fell upon the thigh of Mahodara while the latter was walking in the woods. Piercing his thigh, O king, it stuck to it and remained there.
महोदरस्य तल्लग्नं जंघाया वै यदृच्छया॥ वने विचरतो राजन्नस्थि भित्वाऽस्फुरत् तदा। स तेन लग्नेन तदा द्विजातिर्न शशाक ह॥