They armed themselves with celestials weapons of various kinds. Thus armed, they ascended the cars furnished with flag-staffs with bows and arrows in their hands. The Pandavas looked like so many blazing fires.
आयुधानि च दिव्यानि विविधानि समादधुः। ते दंशिता रथैः सर्वे ध्वजिनः सशरासनाः॥ पाण्डवाः प्रत्यदृश्यन्त ज्वलिता इव पावकाः।