0 sire, o sinless one, even Ashvatthaman deserves to be protected by you, so also, O foremost of the regenerate ones, I deserve to be protected by you.
अश्वत्थामा यथा तात रक्षणीयस्त्वयानघ। तथाहमपि ते रक्ष्यः सदैव द्विजसत्तम॥