Beholding those shafts severed from a distance by that reciter of the Vedas (Ashvatthaman) the owner of the creamcoloured steeds (Arjuna), filled with surprise, addressing Keshava thus spoke
तान् निकृत्तानिषून् दृष्ट्वा दूरतो ब्रह्मवादिना॥ न्यवेदयत् केशवाय विस्मितः श्वेतवाहनः।