Seeing him so afflicted, Krishna said these words, “O son of Kunti. let not such gricf overtake you. This depression is not worthy of yourself, O chief of the Bharatas, as it is of an ordinary person; arise O monarch and fight and bear this heavy burden of grief.
तं तथा व्यथितं दृष्ट्वा कृष्णो वचनमब्रवीत्। मा व्यथां कुरु कौन्तेय नैतत् त्वय्युपपद्यते॥ वैकुव्यं भरतश्रेष्ठ यथा प्राकृतपूरुषे। उत्तिष्ठ राजन् युद्ध्यस्व वह गुर्वी धुरं विभो॥