I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Arjuna, having bent the bow, had pierced the mark and brought it to the ground and had carried away the princes Krishnaa (Draupadi) in the presence of the assembled chiefs and potentates.
यदाश्रौषं धनुरायम्य चित्रं विद्धं लक्ष्यं पतितं वै पृथिव्याम्। कृष्णां हृतां प्रेक्षतां सर्वराज्ञा तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय॥