The one who is kind to all creatures endued with modesty and having a large knowledge of the nature and use of weapons, mild, delicate, virtuous and beloved by me; that great bow-man and hero Sahadeva, that ornament of assemblies, that youth, O Krishna, who is skillful at both religious deeds and profitable from an earthly point of view and properly waiting on his brothers.
दयावान् सर्वभूतेषु ह्रीनिषेवो महास्त्रवित्। मृदुश्च सुकुमारश्च धार्मिकश्च प्रियश्च मे॥ सहदेवो महेष्वासः शूरः समिति शोभनः। भ्रातृणां कृष्ण शुश्रूषुधर्मार्थकुशलो युवा॥