At the command of Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira), the mighty-armed (Arjuna), clad in mail and incased with gauntlets and furnished with finger protectors made of the guana skin, taking up the Gandiva (bow) and also his inexhaustible quivers; and having poured oblations into the fire and made the Brahmanas utter benediction on receipts of gifts, started to see Purandara (Indra). Armed with bow and arrows the mighty-armed hero heaved a sigh and cast a look upwards, when he set out for the destruction of Dhritarashtra's sons.
निदेशाधर्मराजस्य द्रष्टुकामः पुरंदरम्। धनुर्गाण्डीवमादाय तथाक्षय्ये महेषुधी॥ कवची सतलत्राणो बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्रवान्। हुत्वाग्निं ब्राह्मणान्निष्कैः स्वस्ति वाच्यं महाभुजः।१९।। प्रातिष्ठत महाबाहुः प्रगृहीतशरासनः। वधायधार्तराष्ट्राणां निःश्वस्योर्ध्वमुदीक्ष्य च॥