Out of wrath (excited by this classification of himself, he had thus addressed, O king, the son of Ganga-'O Kaurava, I will not fight so long as you live; if you shall slay in battle the Sons of Pandu, O you of Kuru'a race, I will retire into the woods with the permission of Duryodhana.
स तु तेनैव कोपेन राजन् गाङ्गेयमुक्तवान्। त्वयि जीवति कौरव्य नाहं योत्स्ये कदाचन॥ त्वया तु पाण्डवेयेषु निहतेषु महामृधे। दुर्योधनमनुज्ञाप्य वनं यास्यामि कौरव॥