Then praised and blessed with benedictions believed to bestow victory in battle, by Brahmanas old in the performance of austerities, in knowledge and in years, ever engaged in the performance of religious rites and sacrifices and holding all their passions in subjugation, Arjuna mounted upon his mighty chariot.
तपोविद्यावयोवृद्धैः क्रियावद्भिर्जितेन्द्रियैः। स्तूयमानो जयाशीर्भिरारुरोह महारथम्॥