O Bharata, I discharged (it) for the destruction of those foremost of the Danavas. No sooner had I hurled it, than it at once assumed a thousand shapes;
मुक्तवान् दानवेन्द्राणां पराभावाय भारत। मुक्तमात्रे ततस्तस्मिन् रूपाण्यासन् सहस्रशः॥