The Kurus shall see my Gandiva with back made of gold. The enemies assembled together shall discuss by saying "By which hand of his, right or left, does he discharge arrows." I shall make a terrible river to flow today towards the other world, with blood for its water, the cars for the eddies and the elephants for the sharks. I shall, with arrows of depressed knots, cut off the Kuru forest having hands feet, heads, backs and arms for the branches of the trees. And vanquishing alone the Kuru army with a bow in hand, there will be a hundred roads to me as to fire in the forest. Struck by me, you will see, the army whirling only like a wheel.
सुवर्णपृष्ठं गाण्डीवं द्रक्ष्यन्ति कुरवो मम। दक्षिणेनाथ वामेन कतरेण स्विदस्यति॥ इति मां सङ्गताः सर्वे तर्कयिष्यन्ति शत्रवः। शोणितोदां रथावर्ती नागनक्रां दुरत्ययाम्। नदी प्रस्कन्दयिष्यामि परलोकप्रवाहिनीम्॥ पाणिपादशिरः पृष्ठबाहुशाखानिरन्तरम्। वनं कुरूणां छेत्स्यामि शरैः संनतपर्वभिः॥ जयतः कौरवीं सेनामेकस्य मम धन्विनः। शतं मार्गा भविष्यन्ति पावकस्येव कानने॥ मया चक्रमिवाविद्धं सैन्यं द्रक्ष्यसि केवलम्।