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There is none that can give so many or such high boons. There is none that equal him in battle."" ""Upamanyu said, 'There was in the Krita age, O sire, a Rishi celebrated under the name of Tandi. With great devotion of heart he adored, with the aid of Yoga-meditation, the great God for ten thousand years. Listen to me as I tell the fruit or reward he reaped of such extraordinary devotion.
And when he returned to his preceptor's abode, he stood before him and saluted him as usual. And his preceptor seeing that he was still fat, said, 'Upamanyu, my child, thou eatest no longer of alms, nor dost thou go a-begging a second time, not even drinkest of the milk; yet art thou fat. By what means dost thou contrive to live now?
Let us then go in search of him. And having said this, he went with his disciples into the forest and began to shout, saying, 'Ho Upamanyu, where art thou? And Upamanyu hearing his preceptor's voice answered in a loud tone, 'Here I am at the bottom of a well. And his preceptor asked him how he happened to be there.
And his eyes being affected by the pungent, acrimonious, crude, and saline properties of the leaves which he had eaten, he became blind. And as he was crawling about, he fell into a pit. And upon his not returning that day when the sun was sinking down behind the summit of the western mountains, the preceptor observed to his disciples that Upamanyu was not yet come.
In verse 369 ante Upamanyu says that Krishna is to receive from Mahadeva sixteen and eight boons. The commentator, stretching the words has tried to explain them as signifying a total of eight, and eight i.e., eight are to be obtained from Mahadeva, and eight from his divine spouse Uma. The language, however, is such that this meaning cannot be put upon it without doing violence to it.
"Thus spoken to by the Aswins he recovered his sight, and having gone to his preceptor's presence he saluted him and told him all. And his preceptor was well-pleased with him and said unto him, 'Thou shalt obtain prosperity even as the Aswins have said. All the Vedas shall shine in thee and all the Dharma-sastras. And this was the trial of Upamanyu.
And Upamanyu replied, 'Having eaten of the leaves of the Arka plant I became blind, and so have I fallen into this well. And his preceptor thereupon told him, 'Glorify the twin Aswins, the joint physicians of the gods, and they will restore thee thy sight. And Upamanyu thus directed by his preceptor began to glorify the twin Aswins, in the following words of the Rig Veda: 'Ye have existed before the creation!
And giving these directions to his brothers, the king marched towards Takshyashila and brought that country under his authority. "About this time there was a Rishi, Ayoda-Dhaumya by name. And Ayoda-Dhaumya had three disciples, Upamanyu, Aruni, and Veda. And the Rishi bade one of these disciples, Aruni of Panchala, to go and stop up a breach in the water-course of a certain field.
Sarva, otherwise called Isa and Sankara, said these words as if smiling unto me. ""'The illustrious Sankara said, "O dear Upamanyu, I am gratified with thee. Behold me, O foremost of Munis, O learned Rishi, thou art firmly devoted to me and well hast thou been tested by me. I have been very highly pleased with thee in consequence of this thy devotion to Siva.
And Upamanyu replied, 'Having eaten of the leaves of the Arka plant I became blind, and so have I fallen into this well. And his preceptor thereupon told him, 'Glorify the twin Aswins, the joint physicians of the gods, and they will restore thee thy sight. And Upamanyu thus directed by his preceptor began to glorify the twin Aswins, in the following words of the Rig Veda: 'Ye have existed before the creation!
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