All this being done, the slayer of Madhu said-with view to the attainment of Yudhishthira's object must we pass the night here.
अभ्यतीत्य तु तत् सर्वमुवाच मधुसूदनः। युधिष्ठिरस्य कार्यार्थमिह वत्स्यामहे क्षपाम्॥