Keeping his head and a portion of the neck within the cave of a mountain, the camel resolved to wait till the storm would be over. Meanwhile rain came down in torrents, deluging the whole Earth.
स गुहायां शिरो ग्रीवां निधाय पशुरात्मनः। आस्ते तु वर्षमभ्यागात् सुमहत् प्लावयज्जगत्॥