The father said: `You know me, child, that whatever I know, I told you. But come, we shall go thither, and dwell there as students.' `You may go, Sir,' the son replied. Then Gautama went where (the place of) Pravahana Gaivali was, and the king offered him a seat, ordered water for him, and gave him the proper offerings. Then he said to him: `Sir, we offer a boon to Gautama.'