‘Just as a single great tree may bear two boughs, one yielding fruit and the other barren, so too from the same line of progenitors may spring men who are weak and men who are endowed with great strength.’ ।। 5-3-3 ।।
नाभ्यसूयामि ते वाक्यं बरुवतॊ लाङ्गलध्वज ये तु शृण्वन्ति ते वाक्यं तान असूयामि माधव ।। ५-३-४ ।।
‘O thou who bearest the sign of a plough on thy banner, I do not, in truth, condemn the words you have spoken; rather, I condemn those, O son of Madhu, who heed them!’ ।। 5-3-4 ।।
कथं हि धर्मराजस्य दॊषम अल्पम अपि बरुवन लभते परिषन्मध्ये वयाहर्तुम अकुतॊभयः ।। ५-३-५ ।।
‘How, indeed, can one, who shamelessly dares to attach even the slightest blame to the virtuous Yudhishthira, be allowed to speak at all in the assembly?’ ।। 5-3-5 ।।