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एतच् छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं सृक्किणी परिसंलिहन् ॥
इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्शं दिव्यमन्त्राभिमन्त्रितम् ॥
सर्वभारसहं शश्वद्गन्धमाल्यार्चितं शरम् ॥
विससर्जार्जुनस् तूर्णं सैन्धवस्य वधे वृतः ॥
स तु गाण्डीवनिर्मुक्तः शरः श्येन इवाशुगः ॥
शकुन्तम् इव वृक्षाग्रात् सैन्धवस्य शिरो ऽहरत् ॥
etac chrutvā tu vacanaṃ sṛkkiṇī parisaṃlihan ||
indrāśanisamasparśaṃ divyamantrābhimantritam ||
sarvabhārasahaṃ śaśvadgandhamālyārcitaṃ śaram ||
visasarjārjunas tūrṇaṃ saindhavasya vadhe vṛtaḥ ||
sa tu gāṇḍīvanirmuktaḥ śaraḥ śyena ivāśugaḥ ||
śakuntam iva vṛkṣāgrāt saindhavasya śiro 'harat ||
Having heard this speech, licking the corners of his mouth, [taking up] the arrow with a touch like Indra's thunderbolt, consecrated with divine mantras, ever enduring, honored with incense and garlands — Arjuna, resolved on the slaying of Saindhava, shot it swiftly. It, released from the Gandiva, that arrow, swift as a hawk, carried off the head of Saindhava, as a hawk carries off a bird from the treetop.
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The decisive arrow is consecrated with mantras and honored with garlands: the instrument of the vow's fulfillment is itself sacred. Telling is the comparison with a hawk carrying off a bird: Jayadratha's head is carried away, not dropped — exactly as Krishna had said. The verse teaches that a righteous deed is done with due consecration and precision; and a vow fulfilled according to guidance from above reaches its goal cleanly, as a hawk overtakes its prey — without a miss and without disaster for the one who acts.