Then the son of Pandu wavered between his two purposes (of slaying the Samslaptakas and of meeting Bhagadatta). But he baffled the purposes of his enemies by slaying then the foremost among the Samshaptakas.
स तु दोलायमानोऽभूद् द्वैधीभावेन पाण्डवः। वधेन तु नराग्र्याणामकरोत् तां मृषा तदा॥