the sacred (mantra) Vashat, O Bharata, was made its string. The four parts, of which a Sacrifice consists, became the ornaments of that bow.
वषट्कारोऽभवज्या तु धनुषस्तस्य भारत। यज्ञाङ्गानि च चत्वारि तस्य संनहनेऽभवन्॥