Having thus spoken, that mighty-armed hero, that slayer of hostile heroes, fixed on his bow-string an arrow, endued with with the effulgence of Yama, Fire or the Windgod and calculated to bring about Dushasana's death.
न हि मे मोक्ष्यसे जीवन् यदि नोत्सृजसे रणम्। एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुर्बाणं दुःशासनान्तकम्॥