For showing kindness, therefore, to one who is your friend and preceptor, O mightyarmed hero, it behoves you, who are of noble lineage and who cherish reverence for us, to act in a way, O great bowman, worthy of your friendship, prowess, nobility of birth and devotion to truth, O descendant of Madhu's race.
सोऽभिजात्या च भक्त्या च सख्यस्याचार्यकस्य च। सौहृदस्य च वीर्यस्य कुलीनत्वस्य माधव॥ सत्यस्य च महाबाहो अनुकम्पार्थमेव च। अनुरूपं महेष्वास कर्म त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि॥