Thereafter Arjuna discharged the weapon called Tashtra that is capable of slaying large divisions of the enemy. Thereupon thousands of separate forms (of Arjuna and Vasudeva) started into existence there.
अथास्त्रमरिसंघघ्नं त्वाष्ट्रमभ्यस्यदर्जुनः। ततो रूपसहस्राणि प्रादुरासन् पृथक् पृथक्॥