Namdharak was highly excited with joy and enthusiam listening to the close assosiation of his anscestor Sayamdeo with Guru Nath. He was all eager to know more and more details of their association. He pressed Siddhamuni to continue the narration. Sri Narasimha Saraswati's narration to Sayamdeo regarding Ananta Padmanabha Vrata was recounted in this chapter by Siddhamuni.

Yudhishtara was one of these who performed this Vrata as advised by Lord Krishna. This is how it happened. The evil Duryodhana induced Yudhistara to play the game of dice, and in that through deceit and foul play defeated Yudhishtara. The bet in the game was that whoever lost the game was to go into exile for 12 years, and in the thirteenth year, they should live inncognito. In case they were detected in the thirteenth year where they were staying, the cycle of exile would start all over again. Because of the defeat in the game, the Pandava Princes had to forsake their throne and had to go in exile along with their queen Draupadi. They were put to many hardhips. The evil Duryadhana was not letting them live in peace even in the forest. Yudhistara's adherence to Dharma and his pledge to honour the commitments of the bet made him bear it all, although it befell on them only through the foul play of Duryadhana. Although he and his brothers could crush Duryadhana and his people in physical combat, they were restraining themselves so as not tobring a blemish on their vow of Dhanrma and adherence to truth.

While the Pandavas were in great despair as to how they could get over the difficulties without violating in the least even a single rule of Dharma and vow of truth on their part, they saw to their great delight and joy Lord Krishna coming to see them. The Pandavas ran forward and fell at the Lord's Feet. They worshipped him with great devotion. Yudhistir then told the Lord that the thought og Lord Krishna and constant remebrance of Him alone was their sustainance and sole strength in being able to withstand all the ordeals that they were passing through. He, however, prayed that the Lord should advise them as to how they would be able to pass through the exile safely and would be able to recover their kingdom which they had been deceitfully deprived of by their cousins.
  Lord Krishna told them that they should do Ananta Padmanabha Vrata which could earn for them great merit and would be a great protection to them always, and that it would certainly help them to pass through all the ordeals unscathed and also eventually to triumph over the Kauravas and to win back their Kingdom. Ananta Padmanabha is the Lotus navelled Lord of Etrernity and was indeed Himself. Thus the Vrata was to be done on Chaturdashi Day of Sukla Paksha during the Bhadrapada month. Krishna further said that this Vrata was done in olden times by Kaundinya at the instance, of his wife and Lord Ananta Himself, and he explained how Kaudinya's performing of Vrata came about.

Sushila was the daughter of a Brahmin name Sumantha. Sushila's mother was Deeksha, daughter of Bhrigu Rishi. Deeksha passed away when Sushila was just a child. Sushila, though a child, used to manage the household ver well, also while attending upon her father. Sumantha married again; the second wife's name was Karkashi. She was a very hot tempered person, and was always quarrelling with her husband. She was not disposed kindly towars Sushila, either. Sumantha offered his daughter in marraige to Kaudinya to which the latter consented. Sushila's marraige was thus performed with Kaudinya. Kaudinya stayed for some days in Sumantha's house after the marraige. One day, Kaudinya sought permission of Sumantha for leaving from there along with hisbride and the couple set on their journey on an auspicious day. All that Sumantha could give his daughter was little quantity of millet-flour packed in a peice of cloth, at the time of her departure, and even that too, much against the will of his wife. By mid-day they reached a river where they broke their journey so that Kaudinya could perform his mid-day oblations. Sushila was very much charmed by the sylvan surrounding and was enchanted by the beauthy of the forest and the river. While she was looking around, drinking in the beauty of mother nature, she was at a little distance from away a group of women engaged some religious ceremony. She went to them and enquired of them as to what was the ceremony they were performing with such great devotion. The women told her that they were doing Ananta Padmanabha Chaturdashi Vrata, which earns great merit for the performer. They said that the fruits of the Vrata were also Ananta (limitless), and that the Vrata fulfills all human desires and ferries the person samfely accross all tribulations of life. They told her that she too could join the Vrata along with them. Sushila also them performed the Vrata, most meticulously and devoutly, observing all instructions laid down for the Vrata as told her by the women. She used millet-flour, given by her father, for the Vrata and offered it away to the Brahmin priests who conducted the puja. After the Puja was over, wearing the red (14 knotted) sacramental thread and taking leava eof women, she came back to join her husband. They then resumed their journey.

They reached a town by name Amravati. At the very outskirts of the town itself, the town's people greeted and welcomed them. In one voice they said "You are a most learned and holy person. You are a great Tapasvi as we can see the yogic splendour and radiance in your face. You must stay in our town only. We would not let you leave from here". They led Kaundinya ahd his wife to a spacious house in the town and made them stay there.