Thereupon the highly puissant Arjuna saying "yea" to Bhishma's words, mounted on his chariot. Then fixing the string to his mighty bow Gandiva, he began to stretch it.
अर्जुनस्तु तथेत्युक्त्वा रथमारुह्य वीयवान्। अधिज्यं बलवत् कृत्वा गाण्डीवं व्याक्षिपद् धनुः॥