(I shall do this) so that his energy will be killed and his pride gone, O son of Pandu and then it will be easy to kill him. I speak with all sincerity.
यथा स हतदर्पश्च हृततेजाश्च पाण्डव। भविष्यति सुखं हन्तु सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते॥