To the Gandhara king who was fighting with him, moved by Kshatriya duty, Arjuna said, I do not intend to kill the kings who fight with me, on account of the commands of Yudhishthira. O hero, Cease to fight with me. Do not scek defeat today.
तं युध्यमानं राजानं क्षत्रधर्मे व्यवस्थितम्॥ पार्थोऽब्रवीन मे वध्या राजानो राजशासनात्। अलं युद्धेन ते वीर न तेऽस्त्वद्य पराजयः॥