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## The Seventeenth Chapter
**41.** The Muni said, "Among these four men engaged in the study of the Vedas, two will go to the lower realms due to their sins, and two will attain the higher realms due to their virtues."
**42.** Having said this, the Muni, who possessed the eyes of knowledge, compassionate and knowing the state of the world, went somewhere else to another sage.
**43.** Hearing this, Kshirakadambaka's heart became filled with doubt. When the day declined, he sent his disciples home, but he himself went elsewhere.
**44.** Not seeing her husband with the disciples, Svastimati, filled with doubt, asked, "Oh, disciples! Where has the Upadhyaya gone? Tell me."
**45.** They said, "He sent us away saying he would come soon. Mother, he must be coming behind us, don't worry."
**46.** Hearing their words, Svastimati remained silent all day. But when he did not return home even at night, her grief knew no bounds. Knowing her husband's intentions, she thought, "Surely the Brahmin has taken the vow of renunciation." With this thought, she wept for a long time.
**47.** In the morning, Parvata and Narada went to search for him. They wandered for many days and became weary. Finally, they saw Kshirakadambaka sitting in the forest, reading scriptures, in the presence of his Guru. Seeing his father in that state, Parvata's courage failed him. He returned from afar and told his mother everything.
**48.** Hearing the news of her husband's renunciation from Parvata, Svastimati was deeply saddened. Parvata also shared her grief. Finally, gradually overcoming their sorrow, both of them began to live happily as before.
**49.** Parvata had come from afar, but Narada, being humble, went to his Guru, circumambulated him, bowed down, and after conversing with him, took the Anuvrata vow and then returned home.
**50.** The highly skilled Narada went and comforted the grief-stricken Svastimati, bowed to her, and then departed for his own home.
**51.** After this, Vasu's father, King Abhichandra, also became indifferent to worldly pleasures. He left his vast kingdom to Vasu and entered the forest to practice austerities.