O king, O Partha, he that reduced to subjection all the rulers of the earth with justice-that highly energetic and highly powerful Shantanu himself, the grandsire of your father-is in heaven fully pleased with Partha, the wielder of the Gandiva and the foremost of his race.
योऽसौ सर्वान् महीपालान् धर्मेण वशमानयत्। स शान्तनुर्महातेजाः पितुस्तव पितामहः॥ प्रीयते पार्थ पार्थेन दिवि गाण्डीवधन्वना। सम्यक् चासौ महावीर्यः कुलधुर्येण पार्थिवः॥