If out of respect for that illustrious personage, your preceptor Drona, you feel sympathy for Ashvatthama, if again out of reverence due to a preceptor, you are kindly disposed towards Kripa. If out of high regard for your material relatives you do not dispatch Kritavarman today to the regions of Pluto in encountering him. If, O lotus-eyed one, encountering your mother's brother, Shalya, the king of Madras, out of mere compassion, you do not deign to strike him down. Do you, O mighty one, with your sharp shafts hasten to slay that wretched Karna today who, at heart, cherishes utmost hatred for the sons of Pandu.
यदि वा द्विपदां श्रेष्ठ द्रोणं मानयतो गुरुम्। अश्वत्थाम्नि कृपा तेऽस्ति कृपे वाचार्यगौरवात्॥ अत्यन्तापचितान् बन्धून मानयन् मातृबान्धवान्। कृतवर्माणमासाद्य न नेष्यसि यमक्षयम्॥ भ्रातरं मातुरासाद्य शल्यं मद्रजनाधिपम्। यदि त्वमरविन्दाक्ष दयावान् न जिघांससि॥ इमं पापमति क्षुद्रमत्यन्तं पाण्डवान् प्रति। कर्णमद्य नरश्रेष्ठ जह्याः सुनिशितैः शरैः॥