Resolve upon displaying bravery; you will then meet with no more misfortune and you will then be able to defeat these wicked and terrible wretches, the Danavas. Be blessed; attack the great Danavas with me.” Having heard the words of Shakra, the dwellers of heaven became reassured.
कुरुध्वं विक्रमे बुद्धि मा वः काचिद् व्यथा भवेत् जयतैनात् सुदुर्वृत्तान् दानवान् घोरदर्शनान्॥ अभिद्रवत भद्रं वो मया सह महासुरान्। शक्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा समाश्वस्ता दिवौकसः॥