Peristiwa pembunuhan Temagi di Temasik telah menyebabkan Parameswara berundur bersama para pembesar dan pengikutnya ke Muar. Setelah merentasi hutan belantara dan menyusuri pantai, baginda tiba di sebatang sungai (Sg. Bertam). Parameswara membuat keputusan untuk berehat sebentar di tebing sungai tersebut. Baginda telah bersandar di sebatang pokok yang rendang dan tiba-tiba muncul seekor pelanduk putih dan anjing pemburu. Parameswara mengejar pelanduk putih tersebut sehingga ke tebing sungai.

Namun satu peristiwa luar biasa telah berlaku apabila anjing pemburu baginda telah ditendang oleh pelanduk putih tersebut sehingga jatuh ke dalam sungai. Melihatkan kejadian tersebut Parameswara bercadang untuk menjadikan kawasan tersebut sebagai negeri yang diberi nama Melaka sempena dengan nama pokok tempat baginda bersandar.

The assassination of Temagi in Temasik forced Parameswara and his followers to retreat to Muar. After traveling through forests and along breaches, they came to a river (Bertam River) in Bertam. Here, Parameswara decided to rest for a while by the banks of the river. Parameswara chose a shady tree and sat down, leaning against it. Suddenly, a white mouse dear appeared near his resting place. Parameswara’s hunting dog immediately chased the white mouse deer, which ran right to the riverbank.

Then, a seemingly miraculously thing happened. The cornered mouse deer suddenly turned and kicked the hunting dog into the river. Seeing the strange incident, Parameswara decided to establish his new kingdom there. The place was developed into Melaka taking the name of the shady tree under which Parameswara had leant during the incident.