Thereupon when the sacrifice was about to be finished the aforesaid Rākşasa, remembering his former enmity, assumed the shape of Vasiştha and said to the king Saudāsa.
अथावसाने यज्ञस्य पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन्। वसिष्ठरूपी राजानमिति होवाच राक्षसः॥