If alter this, he does not renounce his intention of leaving, and does not say anything, the king should say to him-Forget the past!—This, O son of Kunti, is the eternal way of the royal duty.
असंशयं निवर्तेत न चेद् वक्ष्यत्यतः परम्। पूर्वं परोक्षं कर्तव्यमेतत् कौन्तेय शाश्वतम्॥