Though Partha who was capable of shooting with the bow with the left-hand (as well as the right) spared the body of the king of Magadha, yet the latter, thinking that his body was protected by his own prowess, discharged many arrows at Partha.
संरक्ष्यमाणः पार्थेन शरीरे सव्यसाचिना। मन्यमानः स्ववीर्यं तन्मागधः प्राहिणोच्छरान्॥