Refraining from cruelty is the greater virtue and in my opinion greater than the greatest desirable object. I prefer that virtue, viz., refraining from cruelty. Let, O Yaksha, therefore, Nakula be alive.
आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मः परमार्थाच्च मे मतम्। आनृशंस्यं चिकीर्षामि नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु॥