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So a boat was made out of a great tree that grew to the east; Later, the stump or base of the

tree
turned into a mountain called Bukit Tunggul. The branches (Sd.: rangrang) were stacked on the
west side and later became Mount Burangrang. With the help of guriang (spirits), after midnight
the dam was almost finished. But Dayang Sumbi begged Sang Hyang Tunggal so that
Sangkuriang's intention would not be carried out. Dayang Sumbi then spread a strand of boeh
rarang cloth (white cloth woven by her) on a hill in the east, so that the white cloth seemed to
glow like dawn on the eastern horizon. Meanwhile, he repeatedly beat the pestle into the mortar,
as if pounding rice. The guriang spirits of Sangkuriang's men were frightened because they
thought it was starting in the morning, they then ran away hiding in the ground. Thus the
construction of the dam was not completed. Because he failed to meet the requirements of
Dayang Sumbi, Sa

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