But seeing certainly of an imputation of cowardice by the people (if he were to disobey the words of Yudhishthira), he thus thought within himself. “Let not men say that I am afraid of proceeding to the rescue of Arjuna.
अपवाद ह्यात्मनश्च लोकात् पश्यन् विशेषतः। ते मां भीतमिति ब्रूयुरायान्तं फाल्गुनं प्रति॥