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knower of Brahma and an extremely learned person, well-versed in scriptures. In a true sense of the term, he was considered "Parasmani" so far as his pupils were concerned. He changed a pupil hard like iron into one like gold.
Besides Vasu, there were two other pupils also in the hermitage of preceptor Kshirkadambak. One of them was his own son Parvat. The other pupil was Narad who had come from some other distant country. All the three pupils had immense faith and devotion towards their preceptor. The preceptor also imparted knowledge to all the three pupils. With equal affection. He always wished the welfare of these three pupils.
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Once preceptor Kshirkdambak feeling asleep. His three pupils had already slept off. Two saints were passing from there. Both the saints were mutually talking while going. One saint said to the other
