The highly puissant king Bhagadatta confronted Arjuna, and held the latter in check with a thick shower of arrows. Thereupon Arjuna pierced the elephant of Bhagadatta rushing towards himself in battle, with many keep pointed and iron made arrows, all bright as silver.
ततो गजगतो राजा भगदत्तः प्रतापवान्। अर्जुनं शरवर्षेण वारयामास संयुगे॥ अर्जुनस्तु ततो नागमायान्तं रजतोपमैः। विमलैरायसैस्तीक्ष्णैरविध्यत महारणे॥