I have come here as the protector of Yudhishthira's sacrificial horse. Why, O son, will you not fight me, seeing that I have come within your territories?
संरक्ष्यमाणं तुरगं यौधिष्ठिरमुपागतम्। यज्ञियं विषयान्ते मां नायौत्सी: किं नु पुत्रक॥