O Yudhishthira, O foremost of all righteous persons, the protection of a suppliant is, indeed, a great act of merit. By following this duty, even the killer of a cow may be cleansed of sin.
युधिष्ठिर महानेष धर्मो धर्मभृतां वर। गोनेष्वपि भवेदस्मिनिष्कृतिः पापकर्मणः॥