He saw Ekalavya with body besmeared with fifth, with matted locks (on his head) with rags on and with a bow in his hand with which he was ceaselessly shooting arrows.
ददर्श मलदिग्धाङ्गं जटिलं चीरवाससम्। एकलव्यं धनुष्पाणिमस्यन्तमनिशं शरान्॥