That two armed Arjuna, O Krishna, who is ever proud of being superior to that Arjuna of ancient days, who had a thousand arms, who with one of his arms darts with violence five hundred arrows, that son of Pandu, who in the use of arrows is equal to the royal son of Kartavirya, equal in energy to Aditya, in selfcontrol equal to a great Rishi, in forbearance equal to the Earth and in prowess equal to the great Indra, that strength by which all kings, the descendants of Kuru, have acquired this large territory of great effulgence; whose strength of arms all the sons of Pandu respect, that son of Pandu, foremost among all the carwarriors, of true prowess; going to whose front no one returns with his life, he, O Achyuta, who is accustomed to victories over all creatures and himself being invincible; who is the refuge of the Pandu's and even of the godsbe your brother and your friend, how is he at present, that Dhananjaya?
अर्जुनेनार्जुनो यः स कृष्ण बाहुसहस्रिणा। द्विबाहुः स्पर्धते नित्यमतीतेनापि केशव॥ क्षिपत्येकेन वेगेन पञ्च बाणशतानि यः। इष्वस्त्रे सदृशो राज्ञः कार्तवीर्यस्य पाण्डवः॥ तेजसाऽऽदित्यसदृशो महर्षिसदृशो दमे। क्षमया पृथिवीतुल्यो महेन्द्रसमविक्रमः॥ आधिराज्यं महद् दीप्तं प्रथितं मधुसूदन। आहृतं येन वीर्येण कुरूणां सर्वराजसु॥ यस्य बाहुबलं सर्वे पाण्डवाः पर्युपासते। स सर्वरथिनां श्रेष्ठः पाण्डवः सत्यविक्रमः॥ यं गत्वाऽभिमुखः संख्ये न जीवन् कश्चिदाव्रजेत्। यो जेता सर्वभूतानामजेयो जिष्णुरच्युत।॥ योऽपाश्रयः पाण्डवानां देवानामिव वासवः। स ते भ्राता सखा चैव कथमद्य धनंजयः॥