disciples that Upamanyu was not yet come. And they told him that he had
gone out with the cattle.

"The preceptor then said, 'Upamanyu being restrained by me from the use of
everything, is, of course, and therefore, doth not come home until it be
late. 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 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! Ye first-born beings, ye are
displayed in this wondrous universe of five elements! I desire to obtain
you by the help of the knowledge derived from hearing, and of meditation,
for ye are Infinite! Ye are the course itself of Nature and intelligent
Soul that pervades that course! Ye are birds of beauteous feathers perched
on the body that is like to a tree! Ye are without the three common
attributes of every soul! Ye are incomparable! Ye, through your spirit in
every created thing, pervade the Universe!

'Ye are golden Eagles! Ye are the essence into which all things disappear!
Ye are free from error and know no deterioration! Ye are of beauteous
beaks that would not unjustly strike and are victorious in every
encounter! Ye certainly prevail over time! Having created the sun, ye
weave the wondrous cloth of the year by means of the white thread of the