O Kākutstha, this shaft was forged when invisible by celestials and Asuras the divine selfsprung and invincible (deity) reposed on the mighty main, and when creation was oppressed by Madhu and Kaitabha as well as other Räks asas. He, overwhelmed with rage desirous of creating the three worlds, created the best of arrows invincible to all beings, for the extraction of the wicked ones; and destroyed them in battle by means of this very arrow. And having with this foremost of shafts finished Madhu and Kait abha, they set about creating the worlds.
सृष्टः शरोऽयं काकुत्स्थ यदा शेते महार्णवे। स्वयंभूरजितो दिव्यो यं नापश्यन्सुरासुराः॥ अदृश्यः सर्वभूतानां तेनायं हि शरोत्तमः। सृष्टः क्रोधाभिभूतेन विनाशार्थ दुरात्मनोः॥ मधुकैटभयोर्वीर विघाते सर्वरक्षसाम्। स्रष्टुकामेन लोकांस्त्रीस्तौ चानेन हतौ युधि ॥ हत्वा जनभोगार्थे कैटभं तु मधुं तथा। अनेन शरमुख्येन ततो लोकांश्चकार सः॥