nyarunat -- he enveloped; sutika-agaram -- the house where the birth was taking place; saraih -- with arrows; nana -- various; astra -- to missiles; yojitaih -- attached; tiryak -- horizontally; urdhvam -- upwards; adhah -- downwards; parthah -- Arjuna; cakara -- made; sara -- of arrows; panjaram -- a cage.

Arjuna fenced in the house where the birth was taking place by shooting arrows attached to various missiles. Thus the son of Pritha constructed a protective cage of arrows, covering the house upwards, downwards and sideways.