That two armed Arjuna, O Krishna, who is ever proud of being superior to that Arjuna of ancient days, who had a thousand arms, who with one of his arms darts with violence five hundred arrows, that son of Pandu, who in the use of arrows is equal to the royal son of Kartavirya, equal in energy to Aditya, in selfcontrol equal to a great Rishi, in forbearance equal to the Earth and in prowess equal to the great Indra, that strength by which all kings, the descendants of Kuru, have acquired this large territory of great effulgence; whose strength of arms all the sons of Pandu respect, that son of Pandu, foremost among all the carwarriors, of true prowess; going to whose front no one returns with his life, he, O Achyuta, who is accustomed to victories over all creatures and himself being invincible; who is the refuge of the Pandu's and even of the godsbe your brother and your friend, how is he at present, that Dhananjaya?