VASISHTHA related:—In this manner did these knowers of the knowable God, continue in their mutual conversation on spiritual matters, until the third watch of the day in that forest.
2. Then rising together they wandered in the delightful dales, and about in cooling lakes and pleasant rills.
3. In this manner they kept roving in that forest for full eight days, and passed their time in conversations on various subjects.
4. Then said Kumbha to the prince, let us walk to some other forest to which he gave his consent, with uttering the word om, and then they walked forward in each other's company.
5. In this manner they walked over many forest lands, and passed beside many jungles and shores; and they saw many lakes and thick woods, and rising hills and their thickets of dense woods and plants.
6. They traversed many woodland tracts and rivers, and saw many villages, towns and woods on their way; they passed by many sweet sounding rivers and groves, and many holy places and the abodes of men.
7. They were united together in equal love and friendship, and being of equal age and the same tenor of mind, they were of equal vivacity; and both walked or stayed together with their unanimity.
8. They worshipped the gods and the manes of their ancestors in the holy places, and ate what they got at any place; and lived together both in marshy and dry lands in concord and peace.
9. The loving pair bearing equal affection to one another in their hearts, dwelt together in mutual concord amidst the tamála woods and in the forests of the Mandara hills.