"O greatly powerful hero, O best of the Yadu race, you will have to pardon for my sake the offence committed by Shishupala. O lord, know, this is the boon I ask”.
शिशुपालस्यापराधान् क्षमेथास्त्वं महाबला मत्कृते यदुशार्दूल विद्ध्येनं मे वरं प्रभो॥