Vaishampayana said, Hearing these words of Arjuna, O chastiser of foes, the mighty-armed and broad chested, Nakula, temperate in speech and possessed of great wisdom, with copper coloured face, looked at the king, that foremost of all righteous persons, and spoke the these words, assailing his brother's heart (with reason).
वैशम्पायन उवाच अर्जुनस्य वचः श्रुत्वा नकुलो वाक्यमब्रवीत्। राजानमभिसम्प्रेक्ष्य सर्वधर्मभृतां वरम्॥ अनुरुथ्य महाप्राज्ञो भ्रातुश्चित्तमरिन्दम। व्यूढोरस्को महाबाहुस्ताम्रास्यो मितभाषिता॥