O monarch, you are made up of shafts; and you are invincible in respect to your antagonists in prowess. O slayer of enemies, you are, therefore, called Shalya (shaft).
त्वं शल्यभूतः शत्रूणामविषह्यः पराक्रमे॥ ततस्त्वमुच्यसे राजशल्य इत्यरिसूदन।