Then inspiring his Gandiva, its strings and arrows with mantras that repressor of enemies discharged arrows like Indra pouring down torrents of rain.
गाण्डीवं ज्यां च बाणंश्च सोऽनुमन्त्र्य परंतपः। व्यसृजच्छरवर्षाणि वर्षाणीव पुरन्दरः॥