He knew, in full, the science of war consisting of four padas and ten Angas. He knew also thc four Vedas with all their branches and the Akhyanas as the fifth.
दशाङ्गं यश्चतुष्पादमिष्वस्त्रं वेद तत्त्वतः। साङ्गांस्तु चतुरो वेदान् सम्यगाख्यानपञ्चमान्॥