The virtuous king Yudhishthira, now seeing that a slaughter of innocent men was unavoidable, began to sign repeatedly and said these words to Bhimasena and Vijaya.
अवध्यानां वधं पश्यन् धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः। निःश्वसन भीमसेनं च विजयं चेदमब्रवीत्॥