Quickly stringing his bow Gandiva he twanged it. Then from the twang of the bow was produced a great sound like that of a mountain clashed by another mighty one. Dreadful was the sound that filled the earth and impetuous was the wind that blew on all sides.
प्रतिगृह्य ततोऽस्त्राणि प्रहृष्टवदनोऽभवत्। अधिज्यं तरसा कृत्वा गाण्डीवं व्याक्षिपद् धनुः॥ तस्य विक्षिप्यमाणस्य धनुषोऽभून्महाध्वनिः। यथा शैलस्य महतः शैलेनैवावजघ्नतः॥