I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that, Arjuna, after pleasing in combat the god of gods, the three-eyed Shiva who appeared before him in the guise of a hunter, had obtained the great weapon Pashupata.
यदाश्रौषमर्जुनं देवदेवं किरातरूपं त्र्यम्बकं तोष्य युद्धे। अवाप्तवन्तं पाशुपतं महास्त्रं तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय॥