With great violence the dart then dropped upon the chest of Narayana. Attacked by the violence of that dart, the hair on the head of Narayana became green. In fact, on account of this change in the colour of my hair I came to be called by the name of Munjakesha.
वेगेन महता पार्थ पतन्नारायणोरसि॥ ततस्तत् तेजसाऽऽविष्टाः केशा नारायणस्य ह। बभूवुर्मुञ्जवर्णास्तु ततोऽहं मुञ्जकेशवान्॥