Returning to his brother Shankha, Likhita, in great agony said,-'You should now pardon this wretched man who has been duly punished (for what he did)'.
स गत्वा भ्रातरं शङ्खमार्तरूपोऽब्रवीदिदम्। धृतदण्डस्य दुर्बुद्धेर्भवांस्तत् क्षन्तुमर्हति॥