Then wishing to kill Karna quickly Arjuna took out from his quiver an Anjlika arrow that was effulgent like Indra's thunder-bolt, Agni's rod or the thousand-rayed sun.
अथ त्वरन् कर्णवधाय पार्थो महेन्द्रवज्रानलदण्डसंनिभम्। आदत्त चाथाञ्जलिकं निषङ्गात् सहस्ररश्मेरिव रश्मिमुत्तमम्॥