Yudhishthira said "O king, a good act has been done by you in that you have fulfilled a promise made when you were well pleased in the recesses of your heart.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच सुकृतं ते कृतं राजन् प्रहृष्टेनान्तरात्मना। दुर्योधनस्य यद् वीर त्वया वाचा प्रतिश्रुतम्॥