Nandīśvara said: Śilāda son of Śālaṅkāyana was highly fond of me his son. It was he who taught me all these:—viz, the recensions of Ṛgveda, Yajurveda and the thousand branches of Sāmaveda with their ancillaries and subdivisions. He taught me Āyurveda (science of medicine), Dhanurveda (science of archery), Gāndharva (musicology), Aśvalakṣaṇa (characteristics of horses), the details of elephants and also the characteristics of men. When I completed my seventh year two excellent divine sages Mitra and Varuṇa, who were equipped with penance, and yogic power came to his hermitage to see me. It was at the behest of the lord that they had come there.