The parents worry and try to advise, but the child will not listen to a word they say. Do not go to the temple, they warn; the bogeyman will carry people off. Through the doorway of the ears the storyteller casts his spell with words and lures you into begging. Who knows how many have fallen into the company of the Vaishnavas? After that, they say, why do you keep the company of these penniless wanderers? Says Tuka, listen well to the counsel of those who would have you go to hell.