Well-versed in the use of powerful weapons and himself the foremost of Brahmanas why did not the preceptor kill in battle all the enemies who killed the most powerful of our hero with their drivers, elephants and chariots?
समीक्ष्य संख्येऽतिबलान् नराधिपान् ससूतमातङ्गरथान् परैर्हतान्। कथं न सर्वानहितान् रणेऽवधीद् महास्त्रविद् ब्राह्मणपुङ्गवो गुरुः॥