Entreated for assistance in such words as these, “O hasten to my help,” who is there that is so mean as not to help even his enemy when he see him to crave for protection with joined hands? The bestowal of a boon, a sovereignty and the birth of a son are sources of great happiness. But to rescue an enemy from distress is equal to all three.
क इहार्यो भवेत् त्राणमभिधावेति नोदितः। प्राञ्जलिं शरणापन्नं दृष्ट्वा शत्रुमपि ध्रुवम्॥ वरप्रदानं राज्यं च पुत्रजन्म च पाण्डवाः। शत्रोच मोक्षणं क्लेशात् त्रीणि चैकं च तत्समम्॥