The Asura Namuchi, from fear of Vasava, had entered into a ray of the Sun. Indra then made friends with Namuchi and made a contract with him, saying-"O king, of Asuras, I shall not kill you, O friend, with anything that is wet or dry. I shall not kill you in the night or in the day! Forsooth I swear this to you.'
नमुचिर्वासवाद् भीत: सूर्यरश्मि समाविशत्॥ तेनेन्द्रः सख्यमकरोत् समयं चेदमब्रवीत्। न चाद्रेण न शुष्केण न रात्रौ नापि चाहनि॥ वधिष्याप्यसुरश्रेष्ठ सखे सत्येन ते शपे।