Bhima then said-"I vowed saying, You shall all be slain by me. O Vikarna, for this vow it is that you have been slain. And thus have I kept my bow inviolate.
प्रतिज्ञेयं मया वृत्ता निहन्तव्यास्तु संयुगे। विकर्ण तेनासि हतः प्रतिज्ञा रक्षिता मया।॥