O Arjuna, the wicked deed that I have done has brought upon you this terrible calamity; do you, therefore, chop off today the head of this exterminator of the race, the worst of the family.
कृतं मया पार्थ यथा न साधु येन प्राप्त व्यसनं वः सुघोरम्॥ तस्माच्छिरश्छिन्धि ममेदमद्य कुलान्तकस्याधमपूरुषस्य। पापस्य पापाव्यसनान्वितस्य विमूढबुद्धेरलसस्य भीरोः॥