Hearing these words of that compassionate Rishi, the river began to think, O Kuru-chief, as to what she should do.
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा कृपाशीलस्य सा सरित्। चिन्तयामास कौरव्य किं कृत्वा सुकृतं भवेत्॥