The son of Kunti, suddenly ceasing to advance along the path, turned, with his followers, towards the place where the robbers had attacked the party. Smiling the while, that mighty-armed warrior addressed the assailants, saying. “You sinful wretches, stop, if you love your lives! You will rue this when I cut your bodies with my arrows and take your lives.'
ततो निवृत्तः कौन्तेयः सहसा सपदानुगः। उवाच तान् महाबाहुरर्जुनः प्रहसन्निव॥ निवर्तध्वमधर्मज्ञा यदि जीवितुमिच्छथा इदानीं शरनिर्भिन्नाः शोचध्वं निहता मया॥