Could not be seen in that dreadful battle in consequence of the darkness that then enveloped the world; O king, we neither heard of, nor beheld the like of the that weapon that a a the revengeful son of Drona then invoked into existence. Thereupon, O mighty monarch, Arjuna invoked into existence the Brahma weapon.
तमसा संवृते लोके नादृश्यन्त महाहवे। नैव नस्तादृशं राजन् दृष्टपूर्वं न च श्रुतम्॥ यादृशं द्रोणपुत्रेण सृष्टमस्रममर्षिणा। अर्जुनस्तु महाराज ब्राह्ममस्रमुदैरयत्॥