When his enemy became deprived of his car, his bow, and his mace, the ape-bannered hero then, comforting his cheerless enemy who had been observant of Kshatriya duties, said to him these words: O son, you have sufficiently shorn your adherence to Kshatriya duties. Go now. Great have been the feats, O king, which you have accomplished in battle although you are very young in years.
विरथं विधनुष्कं च गदया परिवर्जितम्। सान्त्वपूर्वमिदं वाक्यमब्रवीत् कपिकेतनः॥ पर्याप्तः क्षत्रधर्मोऽयं दर्शितः पुत्र गम्यताम्। बह्वेतत् समरे कर्म तव बालस्य पार्थिव॥