Those ascetics, having made a hermitage for themselves, continued to live there. Meanwhile Arundhati devoted herself to ascetic penances.
ते कृत्वा चाश्रमं तत्र न्यवसन्त तपस्विनः॥ अरुन्धत्यपि कल्याणी तपोनित्याभवत् तदा।