Then drawing with his two hands and with great force his beautiful and irrisisting powerful bow Gandiva he invoked with proper mantras the exceedingly wonderful and fearful weapon named Mahendra. He made it appear in the sky.
ततो भुजाभ्यां बलवद् विकृष्य चित्रं धनुर्गाण्डिवमप्रमेयम्। माहेन्द्रमस्त्रं विधिवत् सुघोरं प्रादुश्चकाराद्भुतमन्तरिक्षे॥