Then wishing his quick slaughter at the face of the armies, and thinking, 'I will no longer slay foremost of car-warriors in battle,' your mighty-armed father Devavrata, addressing Yudhishthira who was then near him said these words.
स क्षिप्रं वधमन्विच्छन्नात्मनोऽभिमुखो रणे। न हन्यां मानवश्रेष्ठान् संग्रामे सुबहूनिति॥ चिन्तयित्वा महाबाहुः पिता देवव्रतस्तव। अभ्याशस्थं महाराज पाण्डवं वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥