
Mahabharata · Parva 3, Adhyaya 21, Shloka 25
Mahabharata 3.21.25
ततः शार्ज्र धनुःश्रेष्ठ करात् प्रपतितं मम । मोहापन्नश्न कौन्तेय रथोपस्थ उपाविशम्
tataḥ śārṅgaṃ dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ karāt prapatitaṃ mama | mohāpannaś ca kaunteya rathopasthe upāviśam ||
Then the Śārṅga—my finest bow—slipped and fell from my hand. O son of Kuntī, overcome by delusion through Śalva’s illusory power, I sat down silently on the rear part of the chariot, as if stunned.