Indeed, Vipula, steady in virtue, obtained from his preceptor the boon that he would never swerve or fall away from virtue. Dismissed by his preceptor he left his house and practised the most severe austerities.
स्थितिं च धर्मे जग्राह स तस्माद् गुरुवत्सलः। अनुज्ञातश्च गुरुणा चचारानुत्तमं तपः॥