I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Arjuna had satisfied Agni by giving him the forest of Khandava preventing at the same time by his celestial arrows the downpour made by Indra, the king of the celestials.
यदाश्रौषं देवराजं प्रवृष्टं शरैर्दिव्यैर्वारितं चार्जुनेन। अग्नि तथा तर्पितं खाण्डवे च तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय॥