Therefore, O Krishna, the best of all the righteous inen, do give me such counsels as would uphold my well-known vow and leave both myself and the eldest son of Pandu alive."
यथा प्रतिज्ञा मम लोकबुद्धौ भवेत् सत्या धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठ। यथा जीवेत् पाण्डवोऽहं च कृष्ण तथा बुद्धि दातुमप्यर्हसि त्वम्॥