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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 वैरस्यानुष्नृण्यं प्रतिक्षा पूरिता त्वया ।

मा शिरोऽस्य पदा मर्दीदीः 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 :