Shvetaketu

For twelve years, Ashtavakra believed Uddalaka was his father and Shvetaketu his brother. Then Shvetaketu saw him on Uddalaka's lap, grasped him by the hand, and told him the truth: "This is not your father's lap." Weeping, Ashtavakra goes to his mother, who finally tells him everything about Kahoda's defeat and drowning at Janaka's court.

Ashtavakra and Shvetaketu set out for King Janaka's sacrifice. On the road, Ashtavakra encounters the king himself and is restrained. He speaks words to Janaka — words that will set the stage for a confrontation with Bandi, the man who drowned his father.