Repeatedly drawing his bow, named Gandiva, O king, and casing his hand in a fence made of iguana skin, Arjuna, O monarch, prepared to follow that those, O king, with a cheerful heart.
विक्षिपन् गाण्डिवं राजन् बद्धगे गङ्गुलित्रवान्। तमश्वं पृथवीपाल मदा युक्तः ससार च॥