Nakula climbed the tree and himself set the bows in the places he judged sturdy. Where he saw that rain would pass by without reaching, there he bound the weapons very securely with strong cords. The Pandavas also tied up the body of a dead man, reasoning: "People will give this shami tree a wide berth, catching its foul smell and thinking: a corpse is tied up here." To the cowherds and shepherds they said: "This is our mother; she is one hundred and eighty years old. Such is the custom of our family, observed by our forefathers too: we hang her upon this tree." So they said.