“Sanjaya said, ’Having addressed these harsh and exceedingly bitter words unto his eldest brother and thereby committed a venial sin, the intelligent Savyasaci of calm wisdom, who is ever actuated by the fear of defection from virtue, became very cheerless.  The son of the chief of the celestials became filled with remorse and breathing heavily, drew his sword.  Seeing this, Krishna asked him, “What is this?  Why dost thou again unsheathe thy sword blue as the sky?  Tell me what thy answer is, for then I shall give thee counsel for the gratification of thy object.”  Thus addressed by that foremost of men, Arjuna, in great sorrow answered Keshava, saying, “I shall, putting forth my strength, slay my own self by whom this wicked act hath been done.”  Hearing those words of Partha, Keshava, that foremost of all righteous persons said this unto Dhananjaya, “Having said these words unto the king, why hast thou become so cheerless?  O slayer of foes, thou desirest now to destroy thy own self.  This, however, Kiritin, is not approved by the righteous.  If, O hero among men, thou hadst today, from fear of sin, slain this thy eldest brother of virtuous soul, what would then have been thy condition and what wouldst thou not then have done?  Morality is subtle, O Bharata, and unknowable, especially by those that are ignorant.  Listen to me as I preach to thee.  By destroying thy own self, thou wouldst sink into a more terrible hell than if thou hadst slain thy brother.  Declare now, in words, thy own merit.  Thou shalt then, O Partha, have slain thy own self.”  Applauding these words and saying, “Let it be so, O Krishna,” Dhananjaya, the son of Sakra, lowering his bow, said unto Yudhishthira, that foremost of virtuous persons, “Listen, O king, there is no other bowman, O ruler of men, like unto myself, except the deity that bears Pinaka; I am regarded by even that illustrious deity.  In a moment I can destroy this universe of mobile and immobile creatures.  It was I, O king, that vanquished all the points of the compass with all the kings ruling there, and brought all to thy subjection.  The Rajasuya (performed by thee), brought to completion by gift of Dakshina, and the celestial palace owned by thee, were both due to my prowess.  In my hands are (marks of) sharp shafts and a stringed bow with arrow fixed thereon.  On both my soles are the signs of cars with standards.  No one can vanquish a person like me in battle.  Nations from the North, the West, the East and the South, have been struck down, slain, exterminated and destroyed.  A small remnant only of the samsaptakas is alive.  I alone have slain half of the entire (hostile) army.  Slaughtered by me, the Bharata host that resembled, O king, the very host of the celestials, is lying dead on the field.  I slay those with (high) weapons that are conversant with high weapons.  For this reason I do not reduce the three worlds to ashes.  Riding upon my terrible and victorious car, Krishna and myself will soon proceed for slaying the Suta’s son.  Let this king become cheerful now.  I will surely slay Karna in battle, with my arrows.  Either the Suta dame will today be made childless by me, or Kunti will be made childless by Karna.  Truly do I say it that I will not put off my armour before I have slain Karna with my arrows in battle.’”