Kahola tells his son that he would be ever
On hearing about his real father Kahola from Sujātā, Aṣṭāvakra thanks Śvetaketu for awakening him.
Kahola tells his son that he would be ever
indebted to him for redeeming his father.
Enraged, Kahola curses the child to be born with all eight limbs(feet,
knees, hands, chest and head) deformed.
Uddālaka offers his daughter Sujātā in marriage to Kahola, and the newly-wed couple starts living in an Āśrama in a forest.
On their way back home, Kahola makes Aṣṭāvakra bathe in the river Samaṅgā
and Aṣṭāvakra becomes free of the eight deformities in his body.
Bandī reveals that he is the son of Varuṇa and has submerged Kahola along with several other Brāhmaṇas in water to help his father
Bandī reveals that he is the son of Varuṇa and has submerged Kahola along with several other Brāhmaṇas in water to help his father
carry out the twelve-year Varuṇa sacrifice.