Dhristadyumna said O you of Madhu's race, I have heard you speak. But I forgive you; yourself sinful and impious, you desire to throw odium on the righteous?
धृष्टद्युम्न उवाच श्रूयते श्रूयते चेति क्षम्यते चेति माधव॥ सदानार्योऽशुभः साधु पुरुषं क्षेप्तुमिच्छति।