I lived formerly with Rama in the disguise of a Brahmana with a view to obtain the celestial weapons from him. At that time, O Shalya, the king of gods, wishing to do a good office by Phalguna, put in an impediment by approaching my thigh and piercing it in the form of a dreadful worm. When my preceptor slept placing his head on my thigh that worm began to bore it through.
अवसं वै ब्राह्मणच्छद्मनाहं रामे पुरा दिव्यमस्त्रं चिकीर्षुः। तत्रापि मे देवराजेन विघ्नो हितार्थिना फाल्गुनस्यैव शल्य॥ कृतो विभेदेन ममोरुमेत्य प्रविश्य कीटस्य तनुं विरूपाम्। ममोरुमेत्य प्रबिभेद कीट: सुप्ते गुरौ तत्र शिरो निधाय॥