Yudhishthira said O grandson of Sini, the hour for that duty which sages of the past have enjoined to be done towards a friend by a friend in times of nced, has now arrived.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच यः स धर्मः पुरा दृष्टः सद्भिः शैनेय शाश्वतः। साम्पराये सुहृत्कृत्ये तस्य कालोऽयमागतः॥