Having been pointed out by the elephants, the God of Fire cursed all elephants thus and then went away and entered the heart of the Shami tree for living within it for sometime.
इत्युक्त्वा निःसृतोऽश्वत्थादग्निर्वारणसूचितः। प्रविवेश शमीगर्भमथ वह्निः सुषुप्सया॥