Like the son of Vasudeva who is firmly resolved to do good to the Pandavas, I also, have set at naught, you that bestow profuse gifts to the Brahmanas, my wealth, my sons, my wife and even my own body and honour. Death resulting from disease is not, indeed, a meet end for a Kshatriya, O you of Kuru's race.
वसुदेवसुतो यद्वत् पाण्डवाय दृढव्रतः। वसु चैव शरीरं च पुत्रदारं तथा यशः॥ सर्वं दुर्योधनस्यार्थे त्यक्त मे भूरिदक्षिण। मा चैतद् व्याधिमरणं क्षत्रं स्यादिति कौरव॥