Beholding that deer at a short distance, those mighty car-warriors the Pandavas hurled barbed darts, javelins and arrows (at it) but they could not pierce it.
कर्णिनालीकनाराचानुत्सृजन्तो महारथाः। नाविध्यन् पाण्डवास्तत्र पश्यन्तो मृगमन्तिकात्॥