Having inflicted a terrible injury to the diadem-checked Arjuna, how could the ruler of the Sindhu's escape with his life, when he would become the object of Arjuna's sight?
अप्रियं सुमहत् कृत्वा सिन्धुराजः किरीटिनः। चक्षुर्विषयमा यमापन्नः कथं जीवितमाप्नुयात्॥