O Brahmana, I can give you food and shelter for one night.” Having been thus addressed, I left his presence with my wife, vowing to do that which I shall certainly do without much delay. O Bhishma, thus insulted by Drupada I was filled with wrath.
एकरात्रं तु ते ब्रह्मन् कामं दास्यामि भोजनम्। एवमुक्तस्त्वहं तेन सदारः प्रस्थितस्तदा॥ तां प्रतिज्ञा प्रतिज्ञाय यां कर्तास्म्यचिरादिव। दुपदेनैवमुक्तोऽहं मन्युनाभिपरिप्लुतः॥