The honorable Arjuna, always following the duties of a hero, did not like to kill him in that plight. Then Indra's younger brother respectfully said "why do you make a mistake, OPandu's son?
निहन्तुमार्यः पुरुषव्रते स्थितः। दुवाच किं पाण्डव हे प्रमाद्यसे॥