Having been thus addressed, the slayer of Vritra, the worshipped of all the worlds (Indra), consoling him with sweet words, thus spoke to the son of Pandu (Arjuna),
एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच वृत्रहा पाण्डुनन्दनम्। सान्त्वयञ्छ्लक्ष्णया वाचा सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः॥