Then the highly powerful Atikaya took up a Ruadra* weapon; and thereon fixed a shaft plated with gold at the feathered part, and resembling a serpent in sheen. *Relative to Rudra.
अतिकायोऽतितेजस्वी रौद्रमलं समाददे। तेन बाणं भुजंगाभं हेमपुखमयोजयत्॥