We have satisfied the debt we owed to our enemy! People, will not able to blame us any longer! Having defeated Drona's son, we have released him for his being a Brahmana and for the respect that should be shown to our deceased preceptor.
वैरस्य गतमानृण्यं न स्म वाच्या विवक्षताम्। जित्वा मुक्तो द्रोणपुत्रो ब्राह्मण्याद् गौरवेण च॥