Then taking up the Gandiva bow and shafts of close knots, and purifying them with are Mantras and obtaining the permission of that illustrious car-warrior of the Bharatas, Arjuna,
गृह्यानुमन्त्र्य गाण्डीवं शरान् संनतपर्वणः। अनुमान्य महात्मानं भरतानां महारथम्॥