And placing the same on his thighs, (Hanuman) snapped that ponderous and terrible dart composed of black iron, and thereat the monkeys waxed delighted.
कृतं भारसहस्रस्य शूलं कालायसं महत्। बभञ्ज जानुमारोप्य तदा हृष्टः प्लवंगमः॥