Thereupon the king of the Dasharha race, said to Arjuna these words-Why do you make this mistake? Do you slay this heroic chief. This will, indeed, be committing a great fault, if this person be neglected, who will hereafter be the cause of great uneasiness, even as the disease, if neglected, becomes the cause of great woe.
अथार्जुनं प्राह दशार्हनाथः प्रमाद्यसे सिं जहि योधमेतम्। कुर्याद्धि दोषं समुपेक्षितोऽयं कष्टो भवेद् व्याधिरिवाक्रियावान्॥