Thereupon casting his eyes on Satrughna, Bharata said, “A woman is incapable of being slain by any. Do you therefore excuse her.”
तं प्रेक्ष्य भरतः क्रुद्धं शत्रुघ्नमिदमब्रवीत्। अवध्याः सर्वभूतानां प्रमदाः क्षम्यतामिति॥