Having ascended the Shami tree Nakula himself placed these bows. He tied them with strong ropes with those parts of the tree which he thought to be well-formed and where the rain in an oblique lines.
तामुपारुह्य नकुलो धनूंषि निदधे स्वयम्। यानि तस्यावकाशानि दिव्यरूपाण्यमन्यत॥ यत्र चापश्यत स वै तिरोवर्षाणि वर्षति। तत्र तानि दृढैः पाशैः सुगाढं पर्यबन्धत॥