Bhimasena is a righteous man! People used to say this before of thee! Why then, O Bhimasena, do you insult the king in this way?' Saying this to Bhimasena, Yudhishthira, with voice suppressed with tears, and afflicted with sorrows approached Duryodhana, and said to him. 'O brother, you should not give way to anger nor grieve for yourself! Forsooth, you suffer the dreadful consequences of your own former acts!
धार्मिको भीमसेनोऽसावित्याहुस्त्वां पुरा जनाः। स कस्माद् भीमसेन त्वं राजानमधितिष्ठसि॥ इत्युक्त्वा भीमसेनं तु साश्रुकण्ठो युधिष्ठिरः। उपसृत्याब्रवीद् दीनो दुर्योधनमरिंदमम्॥ तात मन्युन ते कार्यो नात्मा शोच्यस्त्वया तथा। नूनं पूर्वकृतं कर्म सुघोरमनुभूयते॥