“The Gandharva replied, ’I have been vanquished by thee, I shall, therefore, abandon my former name Angaraparna (the blazing vehicle).  In name alone, O friend, I should not be boastful when my pride in my strength hath been overcome:  I have been fortunate in that I have obtained thee; O Arjuna, that wielder of celestial weapons!  I like to impart to thee the power of (producing) illusions which Gandharvas alone have.  My excellent and variegated chariot hath been burnt by means of thy fiery weapon.  I who had formerly been called after my excellent chariot should now be called after my burnt chariot.  The science of producing illusions that I have spoken of was formerly obtained by me by ascetic penances.  That science I will today impart to the giver of my life-thy illustrious self!  What good luck doth he not deserve who, after overcoming a foe by his might, giveth him life when that foe asketh for it?  This science is called Chakshushi.  It was communicated by Manu unto Soma and by Soma unto Viswavasu, and lastly by Viswavasu unto me.  Communicated by my preceptor, that science, having come unto me who am without energy, is gradually becoming fruitless.  I have spoken to thee about its origin and transmission.  Listen now to its power!  One may see (by its aid) whatever one wisheth to see, and in whatever way he liketh (generally or particularly).  One can acquire this science only after standing on one leg for six months.  I shall however, communicate to thee this science without thyself being obliged to observe any rigid vow.  O king, it is for this knowledge that we are superior to men.  And as we are capable of seeing everything by spiritual sight, we are equal to the gods.  O best of men, I intend to give thee and each of thy brothers a hundred steeds born in the country of the Gandharvas.  Of celestial colour and endued with the speed of the mind, those horses are employed in bearing the celestial, and the Gandharvas.  They may be lean-fleshed but they tire not, nor doth their speed suffer on that account.  In days of yore the thunderbolt was created for the chief of the celestials in order that he might slay (the Asura) Vritra with it.  But hurled at Vritra’s head it broke in a thousand pieces.  The celestials worship with reverence those fragments of the thunderbolt.  That which is known in the three worlds as glory is but a portion of the thunderbolt.  The hand of the Brahmana with which he poureth libations on the sacrificial fire, the chariot upon which the Kshatriya fighteth, the charity of the Vaisya, and the service of the Sudra rendered unto the three other classes, are all fragments of the thunderbolt.  It hath been said that horses, forming as they do a portion of the Kshatriya’s chariot, are, on that account, unslayable.  Again horses which form a portion of the Kshatriya’s chariot, are the offspring of Vadava.  Those amongst them that are born in the region of the Gandharvas can go everywhere and assume any hue and speed at the will of their owners.  These horses of mine that I give thee will always gratify thy wishes.”