Vaishampayana said : Then the greatly illustrious Drona, taking a bow with an arrow pierced the ring with it and brought it up. Raising up from the well that ring, pierced with the arrow, he gave it to the astonished princes. Then princes too, seeing the ring thus recovered, said-
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः शरं समादाय धनुर्दोणो महायशाः॥ शरेण विद्ध्वा मुद्रां तामूर्ध्वमावाहयत् प्रभुः। सशरं समुपादाय कूपादङ्गुलिवेष्टनम्॥ ददौ ततः कुमाराणां विस्मितानामविस्मितः। मुद्रिकामुद्भूतां दृष्ट्वा तमाहुस्ते कुमारकाः॥