Hearing the words of the wind-god, Sumitrā's son like to Indra in prowess took an arrow endowed with fierce impetuosity, and at once set it on a Brahma weapon.
ततस्तु वायोर्वचनं निशम्य सौमित्रिरिन्द्रप्रतिमानवीर्यः। समादधे बाणमथोग्रवेगं तद्ब्राह्ममस्त्रं सहसा नियुज्य।१८॥