 In an instance in the "Mahabharata", where details of the seduction are absent, an agitated Gautama orders his son Chirakari to behead his "polluted" mother and leaves the ashram.However, Chirakari is hesitant to follow the order and later concludes that Ahalya is innocent.Gautama returns and repents his hasty decision, realising that Indra is the guilty party.