Pritha's son, the best of the Kurus, loosened the string of the large and tremendous Gandiva, capable of producing a deeply terrific twang, of destroying the mighty hosts of enemies and by which he, on a single car, had conquered all the gods and men and many opulent countries.
येन देवान् मनुष्यांश्च सर्वांश्चैकरथोऽजयत्। स्फीताञ्जानपदांश्चान्यानजयत् कुरुपुङ्गवः॥ तदुदारं महाघोषं सम्पन्नबलसूदनम्। अपज्यमकरोत् पार्थो गाण्डीवं सुभयङ्करम्॥