Desirous of getting back the kingdom and keeping in mind all the wrongs inflicted by the Kurus on them during twelve years past, the high-souled Savyasachin of immeasurable prowess, shrouded all the points of the compass with shafts shot from the Gandiva.
राज्यप्रेप्सुः सव्यसाची कुरूणां स्मरन् क्लेशान् द्वादशवर्षवृत्तान्। गाण्डीवमुक्तैरिषुभिर्महात्मा। सर्वा दिशो व्यावृणोदप्रमेयः॥