The energetic Sahadeva, having assailed his foes thus, addressed him, recollecting (his past misdeeds), in these words:-"Observing the duties of a Kshatriya, fight with me and show yourself to be a man! You, O fool, rejoiced greatly in the midst of the assembly, while gambling with dice. Receive now, O wicked man, the fruit of the act.
क्षत्रधर्मे स्थिरो भूत्वा युध्यस्व पुरुषो भव॥ यत् तदा हृष्यसे मूढ ग्लहन्नक्षैः सभातले। फलमद्य प्रपश्यस्व कर्मणस्तस्य दुर्मते॥ निहत्तास्ते दुरात्मानो येऽस्मानवहसन् पुरा।