Through the son of Kunti he reaped the fruits of his own actions however undeserving he might have been of them. How could that one, on whose feats of valour depends the world of bowmen, who was cver devoted to truth and of pious deeds, who was foremost like the Shakra in heaven, who was endued with great vigours and strength, how could that one be slain by persons hankering after prosperity?
अनर्हमाणान् कौन्तेयान् कर्मणस्तस्य तत् फलम्। यस्य कर्मानुजीवन्ति लोके सर्वधनुर्भृतः॥ स सत्यसंधः सुकृती श्रीकामैनिहतः कथम्। दिवि शक्र इव श्रेष्ठो महासत्त्वो महाबलः॥