With Vasudeva

• physically: Siddartha travels back to the river he once crossed in the ferrymans boat. The ferrymans name is Vasudeva and he invites Siddhartha to work and live with him in his hut on the river. Siddartha regains his health as he begins to eat daily again. He becomes Vasudeva's apprentice and transports people across the river on the boat. 
• mentally: Siddhartha finds positive aspects in the river. Beginning from the first day, the river spoke to him and continued too through his time spent living by it. It became his new guide and mentor as well as Vasudeva. Neither of the two taught Siddhartha through words, but Siddhartha still learned from them through their unspoken teachings. 
• spiritually: The river begins to instill peace in Siddartha. He can tell that he is growing closer to attaining Nirvana because he has Vasudeva as a mentor. Vasudeva tentatively listens to Siddhartha and allows their hearts to become one when Siddhartha confides in him. Siddhartha feels himself growly spiritually.
• socially: During this period of Siddhartha's journey, he encounters the most amount of people. First, he becomes close with Vasudeva. Vasudeva and the river teach Siddhartha his most important lessons. They teach him the importance of life, and different voices the river makes in imitation of peoples emotions. Siddhartha meets an assortment of people as he transports them across the river. He learns from each of them, and takes note of the affect the river has on them. Siddhartha also comes in contact with Kamala again. Unfortunately, she is bitten by a poisonous snake and dies. She leaves with him, their son Siddhartha. The son is very disobedient and soon leaves Siddhartha, just as Siddhartha had once left his own father. 

*"Above all he learned from it how to listen, how to listen with a still heart, with an expectant, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgement, without opinion" (83).

- This quotation explains the rivers affect on Siddhartha. Siddhartha gained enlightenment through the river. This quotation states the first effects the river had on Siddhartha. It began by teaching him how to listen. It also taught him to live without desire, without judgement, and without opinion. These are the basic foundation that Siddhartha used to reach his enlightenment. The river taught him his foundation, and helped him grow from that to find himself to attain Nirvana.