O hero, you proceeded against me with hostile intentions, bearing in mind the duties of a Kshatriya. You were ever engaged in doing our, special the king's (Yudhishthira's) good.
त्वमागाः समरं वीर क्षात्रधर्ममनुस्मरन्। ततो विनिहत: संख्ये युद्धधर्मो हि निष्ठुरः॥