He began to reflect-‘Which of these two acts will now be beneficial for me viz., to turn back to the Samshaptakas or to repair to Yudhishthira.'
किं नु श्रेयस्करं कर्म भवेदद्येति चिन्तयन्। इह वा विनिवर्तेयं गच्छेयं वा युधिष्ठिरम्॥