One day when the sage Agastya was drawing my palanquin my feet touched his body. Thereupon Agastya cursed me in anger saying "ruin overtake you; do you turn into a snake."
तत्र ह्यगस्त्यः पादेन वहन् स्पृष्टो मया मुनिः। अगस्तयेन ततोऽस्म्युक्तः सर्पस्त्वं च भवेति ह॥