Verse 31

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The sword taken up, and the surrender· Verses 28–31

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Having comforted Dharma and the earth in this way, the great chariot-fighter took up his sharpened sword for Kali, who is the cause of wrongdoing. Seeing that he meant to kill him, Kali threw off the marks of a king and, undone by fear, came with his head to the soles of the king's feet. The hero, tender to the wretched, a refuge, worthy of the songs made of him, did not out of pity kill the man fallen at his feet, but said this, almost smiling: You have folded your hands, and from us who carry the fame of Gudakesa you have nothing at all to fear. But in no way may you live in any field of mine: you are the friend of wrongdoing.