tatah -- then; pauran -- from the city residents; pricchamanah -- inquiring about; dhanushah -- of the bow; sthanam -- the place; acyutah -- the infallible Supreme Lord; tasmin -- there; pravishtah -- entering; dadrise -- He saw; dhanuh -- the bow; aindram -- that of Lord Indra; iva -- like; adbhutam -- amazing.

Lord Krishna then asked the local people where the arena was in which the bow sacrifice would take place. When He went there He saw the amazing bow, which resembled Lord Indra's.