He struck Krishna's arm with three dreadful arrows and Arjuna with seven. Arjuna then discharged seventeen dreadful, straightcoursing and forcible arrows effulgent like fire and resembling Indra's thunder-bolt in impetuosity.
ततः शरैर्भीमतरैरविध्यत् त्रिभिराहवे। हस्ते कृष्णं तथा पार्थमभ्यविध्यच सप्तिभिः॥ ततोऽर्जुनः सप्तदश तिग्मरेगानजिह्यगान्। इन्द्राशनिसमान् घोरानसृजत् पावकोपमान्॥