कच्चिद्यशोधा रथयूथपानां गाण्डीवधन्वोपरतारिरास्ते । अलक्षितो यच्छरकूटगूढो मायाकिरातो गिरिशस्तुतोष ॥ ३८ ॥
kaccid yasodha ratha-yuthapanam gandiva-dhanvoparatarir aste alaksito yac-chara-kuta-gudho maya-kirato girisas tutosa
- kaccit
- whether
- yasah-dha
- famous
- ratha-yuthapanam
- amongst the great chariot warriors
- gandiva
- Gandiva
- dhanva
- bow
- uparata-arih
- one who has vanquished the enemies
- aste
- doing well
- alaksitah
- without being identified
- yat
- whose
- sara-kuta-gudhah
- being covered by arrows
- maya-kiratah
- false hunter
- girisah
- Lord Siva
- tutosa
- was satisfied.
(Please tell me) whether Arjuna, whose bow bears the name Gandiva and who is always famous amongst the chariot warriors for vanquishing his enemies, is doing well. He once satisfied Lord Siva by covering him with arrows when Siva came as an unidentified false hunter.