Desirous of doing what was agreeable to the wife of his preceptor, he took the ear-rings with him and started with great speed for reaching the hermitage of Gautama.
गृहीत्वा कुण्डले दिव्ये गुरुपल्याः प्रियंकरः। जवेन महता प्रायाद् गौतमस्याश्रमं प्रति॥