After trapping Mushik, Ganesha mounted his back. Mushik could not bear Ganesha’s weight. On hearing his cries, Ganesha stopped the ride. Mushik then told Ganesha, “Please hear my story. I am actually a celestial musician (Gandharv) named Kraunch. I have been cursed to become a mouse! When I was a Gandharv, I happened to step on Sage Vamdev’s toes. Enraged, the sage cursed me to turn into a mouse and scramble on earth. When I begged for mercy, the sage said that though he could not take back the curse, people would always kneel down before me.” So Mushik came to earth as a gigantic mouse. Even though many people tried to trap and kill him, they failed to do so as he was not really a mouse. But Ganesha was able to trap Mushik.
The Gandharv who Became Mushik
