Verse 35

³⁵Made to trust him in this way by Phalguna, scorcher of enemies, the brahmin went home glad, turning over in his mind the strength of Prtha's son. ³⁶When the time for his wife to give birth came near, that best of the twice-born said to Arjuna in his distress: save my child, save it from death. ³⁷He touched clean water, bowed to the great lord, called to mind the weapons of heaven, and took up Gandiva strung. ³⁸He shut in the birth-house with arrows joined to many weapons; across it, above it and below it the son of Prtha made a cage of arrows. ³⁹Then the son was born of the brahmin's wife, crying again and again; and at once he passed out of sight, body and all, through the air.

⁴⁰Then the brahmin said to the conqueror, reviling him in Krsna's presence: see my foolishness, that I put my trust in the boasting of a eunuch. ⁴¹When Pradyumna could not save him, nor Aniruddha, nor Rama, nor Kesava, what other lord could keep him? ⁴²Shame on Arjuna, whose word is false; shame on the bow of one who praises himself, who out of foolishness, ill-minded, wants to bring back one whom fate has taken.