O monarch, Gautama, the son of Sharadvata, of great strength and variously skilled in the use of innumerable weapons, is staying in the field desirous of fighting, upholding an extraordinary bow capable of bearing a pretty great strain.
शारद्वतो गौतमश्चापि राजन् महाबाहुर्बहुचित्रास्त्रयोधी। धनुश्चित्रं सुमहद् भारसाहं व्यवस्थितो योद्धुकामः प्रगृह्य॥