Thereupon taking Kuśa (the upper part of the grass) and Lava (the lower part) the great ascetic Vālmīki made those arrangements.
कुशमुष्टिमुपादाय लवं चैव तु स द्विजः। वाल्मीकिः प्रददौ ताभ्यां रक्षां भूतविनाशिनीम्॥