Overwhelmed by that dense cloud of arrows, Arjuna became stupefied. The bow, Gandiva, fell down from his relaxed grip and his leathern hence also dropped down.
तस्य तेनावकीर्णस्य शरजालेन सर्वतः। मोहात् पपात गाण्डीवमावापश्च करादपि।॥