Vaishampayana said "O foremost of men, seeing those two Rishis effulgent like fire, Dhananjaya quickly resolved to withdraw his celestial arrows.
वैशम्पायन उवाच दृष्टैव नरशार्दूल तावग्निसमतेजसौ। गाण्डीवधन्वा संचिन्त्य प्राप्तकालं महारथः। संजहार शरं दिव्यं त्वरमाणो धनंजयः॥