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The Uttara Purana of the Mahapurana
Hearing his words, the ascetic, convinced of his foolishness, thought, "This is the nature of the ignorance of those who are attached to women." Leaving the two birds, thinking, "These two are my benefactors," the foolish ascetic, cheated by the two gods, went towards the king of Kubja, Parata. As if proclaiming, "Ignorance-based renunciation is not stable," he saw his maternal uncle Parata. He indicated his arrival for the sake of a girl, simply by his appearance. Seeing the two seats, he sat on the seat with attachment. He informed the king of the circumstances of his arrival. Hearing this, the king, filled with sorrow, said, "May this ignorance be cursed, cursed!" He said, "I have a hundred daughters here, whichever one desires you, she shall be yours." Seeing the daughters, the ascetic went towards them. Thinking him to be a half-burnt corpse, due to his body being burnt by penance, some of the girls fled in disgust, and some were terrified. He, too, was afflicted by shame, and leaving all the girls, he went towards a young girl who was playing in the dust. Showing her a banana fruit, he said, "Do you desire me?" She said, "Yes, I desire you." He went to the king and said, "This girl desires me." Thus, taking the girl with him, he went towards the forest. He was condemned by people at every step, being extremely humble and foolish. He named the girl Renuki and married her. From that time onwards, the saying became famous, "This is the way of life - to practice penance with women." Just as there are two types of knowledge, knowledge of the special characteristics of faith, namely, intellectual knowledge and scriptural knowledge, or two types of penance of a sage, namely, external penance and internal penance, in the same way, two praiseworthy sons, Indra and Shvetarama, were born to Jamadagni. These two sons seemed to be like the desires of people for pleasure and wealth, or like the acquired policy and prowess. Thus, in due course, the sage went to another place. His elder brother, Ariya, went to Renuki's house, desiring to see her.