Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21

Sanskrit:

पित्रा सम्पूजिता: सर्वे यथावीर्यं यथावय: ।आददु: सशरं चापं वेद्धुं पर्षदि मद्धिय: ॥ २१ ॥

ITRANS:

pitrā sampūjitāḥ sarveyathā-vīryaṁ yathā-vayaḥādaduḥ sa-śaraṁ cāpaṁveddhuṁ parṣadi mad-dhiyaḥ

Translation:

My father properly honored each king according to his strength and seniority. Then those whose minds were fixed on me took up the bow and arrow and one by one tried to pierce the target in the midst of the assembly.

Purport:

According to the ācāryas, only those kings who were extremely intent on winning the hand of the princess even dared try to shoot the target.