Courtesan Abducts Rishyashringa to Anga
Vibhandaka leaves his hermitage again to gather fruit, giving the courtesan a second chance. She returns, and Rishyashringa, delighted and deluded, agrees to go with her. She tempts him into a boat, unmoors it, and transports him to the king of Anga — where rain suddenly falls, flooding the world.
Vibhandaka had restrained his son and told him the courtesan was a rakshasa. Then he went out to search for her. For three days he searched, found nothing, and returned to his hermitage.
When he again left to gather fruit — as was the practice for hermits — the courtesan returned.
Rishyashringa saw her and was delighted. His mind was deluded. He said, "Let us go to your hermitage before my father returns."
She tempted him into the boat and unmoored it. She tempted him through various means and brought him to the king of Anga. The boat — extremely beautiful — was moored within sight of a hermitage. A wood was created near the bank and named Rajashrama.
The king brought Vibhandaka's only son and lodged him in the inner quarters.
And suddenly the king saw the god showering rain — until the world was full and flooded with water. His wishes fulfilled, Lomapada bestowed his daughter Shanta on Rishyashringa.
To counter the wrath that would surely come, he instructed cattle to be placed on the roads and the land tilled. Along the road Vibhandaka would follow, the king placed many animals and warriors to look after them. He told them: "When maharshi Vibhandaka arrives in search of his son and asks you, you must join your hands in salutation and tell him, 'O maharshi! These animals and this tilled land belong to your son. What can we do to please you? All of us are your servants and await your command.'"
Meanwhile, after gathering roots and fruit, the sage — exceedingly wrathful — returned to his hermitage. He searched for his son. On not finding him there, he became extremely angry. Rent asunder by rage, he suspected that this was the work of the king. Aranyaka Parva, Chapter 410