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SALYA PARVA
 
367
 
एवं दुर्योधनं हत्वा भीमसेनः प्रतापवान् ।
शिरश्च राजसिंहस्य पादेन समलोडयत् ॥
 
Having thus struck Duryodhana down,
the valorous Bhima kicked the head of
the great king, turning it with his foot
this side and that.
 
वृकोदरं नृत्यमानं धर्मराजोऽब्रवीदिदम् ।
'गतोऽसि वैरस्यानुष्यं प्रतिक्षा पूरिता त्वया ।
मा शिरोऽस्य पदा मदर्दी मा धर्मस्तेऽतिगो भवेत्।
राजा ज्ञातिर्हतश्चायं नैतन्न्याय्यं तवानघ ॥'
Yudhisthira told this to the dancing
Bhima : "You have cleared the debt of
enmity; you have fulfilled your vow; do
not kick his head with your foot; let not
Dharma be transgressed by you; this
Duryodhana who has been killed is a
king and a kinsman; you sinless soul,
this is not proper for you."
 
इत्युक्ता भीमसेनं तु साश्रुकण्ठो युधिष्ठिरः ।
उपसृत्याब्रवीद्दीनो दुर्योधनमरिन्दमम् ॥
 
Having told Bhima in this manner, the
dejected Yudhisthira, in a voice choked with
grief, told the valorous Duryodhana,
approaching him :