karena vamena sa-lilam uddhrtam

 sajyam ca krtva nimisena pasyatam

nrnam vikrsya prababhañja madhyato

 yatheksu-dandam mada-kary urukramah

 

Translation: 

 

Easily lifting the bow with His left hand, Lord Urukrama strung it in a fraction of a second as the King’s guards looked on. He then powerfully pulled the string and snapped the bow in half, just as an excited elephant might break a stalk of sugar cane.