O Partha, are not Dhaumya pained by your treatment of him? Do you follow in the footsteps of your forefathers by practicing charity, religious observances, devotion, purity, candour and forgiveness? Do you follow the example of the royal sages?
कच्चिद्धौम्यस्त्वदाचारैर्न पार्थ परितप्यते। दानधर्मतप:शौचैरार्जवेन तितिक्षया॥ पितृपैतामहं वृत्तं कच्चित् पार्थानुवर्तसे। कच्चिद् राजर्षियातेन पथा गच्छसि पाण्डव॥