Arjuna came to the bow and stood there like a mountain. Walking round that row in due form, bowing his head to the giver of boons, lord Ishana and remembering Krishna in his mind, he took up the bow.
अर्जुनो धनुषोऽभ्याशे तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः। स तद् धनुः परिक्रम्य प्रदक्षिणमथाकरोत्॥ प्रणम्य शिरसा देवमीशानं वरदं प्रभुम्। कृष्णं च मनसा कृत्वा जगृहे चार्जुनो धनुः॥