As he did not return that day to the Rishi's house when the sun was sinking down behind the summit of the western mountain, the preceptor said to his pupils that Upamanyu had not yet returned. And they replied that he had gone to the forest to tend the cattle.
अथ तस्मिन्ननागच्छति, सूर्ये चास्ताचलावलम्बिनि उपाध्यायः शिष्यानवोचत्-'नायात्युपमन्युः।' ते ऊचु 'वनं गतो गा रक्षितुम्' इति॥