“The wielder of the Gandiva bow, the highsouled Arjuna, being afflicted sore with grief on account of the death of his son, has rashly vowed the slaughter of the king of the Sindhus.
पुत्रशोकाभितप्तेन प्रतिज्ञातो महात्मना। सहसा सिन्धुराजस्य वधो गाण्डीवधन्वना॥