03205003c mithilAyAM vasan vyAdhasH sa te dharmAn pravakSyati 'Markandeya continued, 'The virtuous fowler, having introduced his (both) parents to that brAhmaNa as his highest gurus, again spoke to him as follows, 'Mark thou the power of this virtue of mine, by which my inner spiritual vision is extended. For this, thou wast told by that self-restrained, truthful lady, devoted to her husband, 'Hie thee to Mithila; for there lives a fowler who will explain to thee, the mysteries of religion.'