After having been told by the Goddess of the river that the king was passing through their village the next day, Mara went to see the road the king would pass through. The workers told the headman of the village that Mara had peeped at them from behind a rock and had run away.

The village headman considered Mara a lunatic. Therefore, he wanted to prevent Mara from meeting the king. He called Bhima, a worker, who was well-built and strong, to bind Mara hand and foot and throw him into a cellar behind the old temple and keep him there for two days. Mara went along with Bhima without showing any resistance. On the way, Mara told him about what the Goddess had asked him to tell the king. Bhima was convinced that Mara was telling the truth and so set him free.

Mara hid on a tree near the road on which the king was passing through. Later, that day, while the king was going through that road, Mara jumped down from the tree and was brought before the king by his servants. When the king asked him why he was hiding there, he told the king what the Goddess had asked him to do.