With eyes expanded in joy and proud of the victory he had acquired, the energetic Vrikodara, O king, said to his eldest brother, saying-'The Earth belongs to-day to you, O king, without quarrels to disturb her and with all her thorns gone! Govern her, O king, and observe the duties of your order.
प्रोवाच सुमहातेजा धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरम्। हर्षादुत्फुल्लनयनो जितकाशी विशाम्पते॥ तवाद्य पृथिवी सर्वा क्षेमा निहतकण्टका। तां प्रशाधि महाराज स्वधर्ममनुपालय॥