Then the son of Ambika, O monarch, addressing Kunti's son, who was seated near him, and touching his back with his hand, said, 'You should always, O delighter of the Kurus, act vigilantly about everything connected with your kingdom consisting of eight limbs, o foremost of kings, and in which the claims of virtue should ever be kept foremost.
ततोऽब्रवीन्महाराज कुन्तीपुत्रमुपह्वरे। निषण्णं पाणिना पृष्ठे संस्पृशन्नम्बिकासुतः॥ अप्रमादस्त्वया कार्यः सर्वथा कुरुनन्दन। अष्टाङ्गे राजशार्दूल राज्ये धर्मपुरस्कृते॥