That dreadful arrow became capable of bearing any strain. It used always to be worshipped with perfumes and garlands of flowers. Duly charging it was the impetuosity of the thunder-bolt, that descendant of Kuru.
सर्वभारसह शश्वद् गन्धमाल्यार्चितं महत्॥ वज्रेणास्त्रेण संयोज्य विधिवत् कुरुनन्दनः।