Yudhisthira said-O who are conversant with the highest object of knowledge, I think that Vritra behold before hand the excellent end that awaited him. It is for this, O grandfather, that he was happy and did not sucumb to grief.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच वृत्रेण परमार्थज्ञ दृष्टा मन्येऽऽत्मनो गतिः। शुभा तस्मात् स सुखितो न शोचति पितामह॥