Thus addressed, the son of Pandu, smiling the while, answered him, saying, To resist him who obstructs me is the vow imposed on me by my eldest brother. Forsooth, O king, you know this. Do you strike me to the best of your power. I have no anger.
इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाचैनं प्रहसन्निव पाण्डवः। विनकर्ता मया वार्य इति मे व्रतमाहितम्॥ भ्रात्रा ज्येष्ठेन नृपते तवापि विदितं ध्रुवम्। प्रहरस्व यथाशक्ति न मन्युर्विद्यते मम॥