Then that mighty Pandava having the gait of a lion or a bull, graceful, having the splendour of gold, high-minded, powerful, proud, sensitive, heroic, heaving red eyes, broadshouldered, possessed of the strength of mad elephants, endowed with lionine teeth and a broad neck, tall as a young Sala tree, generous hearted, of symmetrical proportions, of shelllike neck and of mighty arms, took up his bow plaited at the back with gold and also his sword and arrow case.
सिंहर्षभगतिः श्रीमानुदारः कनकप्रभः। मनस्वी बलवान् दृप्तो मानी शूरश्च पाण्डवः॥ लोहिताक्षः पृथुव्यंसो मत्तवारणविक्रमः। सिंहदंष्ट्रो बृहत्स्कन्धः शालपोत इवोद्गतः॥ महात्मा चारुसर्वाङ्गः कम्बुग्रीवो महाभुजः। रुक्मपृष्ठंधनुः खङ्गं तूणांश्चाप परामृशत्॥