“Then there was no deliverance for you, neither from Bhimasena with his mace nor from Partha with his Gandiva, save through the blameless Krishna-Draupadi. That radiant woman freed you when you had fallen into servitude, stripped of human dignity and set to slaves' labor. What I called you — “sesame seeds of eunuchs” — was the truth: Partha then wore a braid in the city of Virata, and Bhimasena, O Kaunteya, wearied himself at cook's work in Virata's kitchen. Such was my rebuke of your manhood. Thus have kshatriyas always imposed punishment on a kshatriya who flees battle from the line, the flank, or under the guise of a braid. It is not out of fear of Vasudeva, nor out of fear of you, O Phalguna, that I will restore the kingdom. Fight, together with Keshava.”