If you have anything to ask, be out with it. I will tell you how to gain your desired ends." Being thus spoken to by Keshava, the foremost of men, the remorse-stricken Dhananjaya repliedअहं हनिष्ये स्वशरीरमेव
स्तथा प्रवक्ष्याम्यहमर्थसिद्धये। इत्येमुक्तः पुरुषोत्तमेन सुदुःखितः केशवमर्जुनोऽब्रवीत्॥