I shall accomplish, foremost of the Kurus, at your behest. It will not be other.vise. Putting forth my prowess in battle and slaying all the Panchalas I will put off my coat of mail, O monarch. I swear this to you for sooth. You think that Kunti's son Arjuna was exhausted in battle.
तद् वै कर्तास्मि कौरव्य वचनात् तव नान्यथा। निहत्य सर्वपञ्चालान् युद्धे कृत्वा पराक्रमम्॥ विमोक्ष्ये कवचं राजन् सत्येनायुधमालमे। मन्यसे यच्च कौन्तेयमर्जुनं श्रान्तमाहवे॥