I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that the chastiser of foes, Arjuna, had gone to the land of Indra to kill the Asuras and had come back successfully.
यदाश्रौषमसुराणां वधार्थे किरीटिनं यान्तममित्रकर्शनम्। कृतार्थे चाप्यागतं शक्रलोकात् तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय॥