Markandeya said : Having been thus addressed by Uttanka, O foremost of the Kurus, that invincible royal sage spoke thus to Uttanka with joined hands.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच स एवमुक्तो राजर्षिरुत्तङ्केनापराजितः। उत्तवं कौरवश्रेष्ठ कृताञ्जलिरथाब्रवीत्॥