).
Leaving Govindap
da,
a
kara walked to V
r
as
(Benares) where he began to write, teach, and attract disciples of his own. From V
r
as
he journeyed north to Badar
n
tha near the source of the Ganges in the foothills of the Him
layas. There, he composed his famous commentary on the
Brahmas
tra