She angrily addressed Janamejaya thus, “My son did not commit any fault. He did not lick your sacrificial ghee, he did not even look at it. Why did you then beat him?”
तया क्रुद्धया तत्रोक्त 'अयं मे पुत्रो न किंचिदपराध्यति, नावेक्षते, हवींषि, नावलेढि, किमर्थमभिहतः' इति॥