"Our steeds are afflicted with arrowwounds; they are exhausted; the ruler of the Sindhus is still far off. What in your opinion is the best course to be adopted now?
शरार्दिताश्च ग्लानाश्च हया दूरे च सैन्धवः। किमिहानन्तरं कार्यं ज्यायिष्ठं तव रोचते॥