Vaishampayana said : There was a certain Brahmana, who was known as Mandavya. He was learned in all the precepts of virtue; he was devoted to truth and asceticism.
वैशम्पायन उवाच बभूव ब्राह्मणः कश्चिन्माण्डव्य इति विश्रुतः। धृतिमान् सर्वधर्मज्ञः सत्ये तपसि च स्थितः॥