Thus Dhananjaya, though he got an opportunity of slaying that mighty elephant and its rider from the right side, yet did not avail himself of it, recollecting the laws of fair combat.
तं प्राप्तमपि नेयेष परावृत्तं महाद्वित्तं महाद्विपम्। सारोहं मृत्युसात्कर्तुं स्मरन् धर्म धनंजयः॥