O Janardana, if the helpless sons of Kunti are frightened, and if they have become mean for their asceticism, you ought to have enlightened them as to your claim to the first worship.
यदि भीताश्च कौन्तेयाः कृपणाश्च तपस्विनः। ननु त्वयापि बोद्धव्यं यां पूजां माधवार्हसि॥