Vaishampayana said : O great king, the great Rishi Gautama had a son, named Sharadvana. This son of Gautama was born with arrows. O chastiser of foes, he had not as much aptitude for the study of the Vedas, as he had for the study of the science of weapons.
वैशम्पायन उवाच महर्षेौतमस्यासीच्छरद्वान् नाम गौतमः। पुत्रः किल महाराज जातः सह शरैर्विभो॥ न तस्य वेदाध्ययने तथा बुद्धिरजायत। यथास्य बुद्धिरभवद् धनुर्वेदे परंतप॥