Having inspired it with many mantras and impregnated it with terrible velocity by the exercise of great power and care, king Yudhishthira hurled it by the best path for the destruction of the king of the Madras.
बलप्रयत्नादधिरूढवेगां मन्त्रैश्च घोरैरभिमन्त्र्य यत्नात्। ससर्ज मार्गेण च तां परेण वधाय मद्राधिपतेस्तदानीम्॥