The warlike Yudhishthira, the chastiser of enemies, loosened the undecaying string of bow with which he had protected the field of the Kurus (Kurukshetra).
येन वीरः करुक्षेत्रमभ्यरक्षत् परंतपः। अमुञ्चद् धनुषस्तस्य ज्यामक्षय्यां युधिष्ठिरः॥