About this time there was also a Rishi, named Ayoda-Dhaumya. He had three disciples namely Upamanyu, Aruni and Veda. One day the Rishi asked one of these three disciples, Aruni of Panchala, to go and stop a breach in the water-course in his field.
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे कश्चिद् ऋषिौम्यो नामायोदः। तस्य शिष्यास्त्रयो बभूवुः॥ उपमन्युरारुणिर्वेदश्चेति स एकं शिष्यमारुणिं पाञ्चाल्यं प्रेषयामास 'गच्छ, केदारखण्डं बधान' इति॥