Though pure in themselves, the four brothers performed all the purificatory acts (such as evacuating the bowels, cleansing the privates and the hands with water and clay, rinsing the mouth, brushing the teeth and cleansing the tongue etc.,) and bathed in the holy river (Sarayµu) and, having gone through their morning routine of prayer etc., returned to their sire. (358) [PAUSE 3 FOR A NINE-DAY RECITATION]