After that defeat, severe austerities were practiced by him O king; he has obtained a boon, difficult to get, of fighting with the Pandavas in battle.
एतेन हि तदा रांजस्तप आस्थाय दारुणम्। सुदुर्लभो वरो लब्धः पाण्डवान् योद्धमाहवे।॥