But the foolish minded soldiers of the Gandharva chief were seen by that chastiser of foes Savyasachi (Arjuna) that they could not be by means of a light skirmish made to understand what was good for them. He thus spoke to those rangers of the sky in these conciliatory words, “Let off my brother, the king Duryodhana.”
न त गन्धर्वराजस्य सैनिका मन्दचेतसः॥ शक्यन्ते मृदुना श्रेयः प्रति श्रेयः प्रतिपादयितुं तदा। ततस्तान् युधि दुर्धर्षान् सव्यसाची परंतपः॥ सान्त्वपूर्वमिदं वाक्यमुवाच खचरान् रणे। विसर्जयत राजानं भ्रातरं मे सुयोधनम्॥