For the welfare of his son, the patriarch Kardama said: Hear, O twice-born ones, how the well-being of the king Ila may be secured.
कर्दमस्त्वब्रवीद्वाक्यं सुतार्थं परमं हितम्। द्विजाः शृणुत मद्वाक्यं यच्छ्रेयः पार्थिवस्य हि॥