Vaishampayana said Saying this, the king, worked up with anger, siruck Yudhishthira on the face with a dice, and remonstrated with him in anger. Having been struck with great force, blood began to glow from his nose. But Partha held it in his hands so that it mighty not fall on the ground.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः प्रकुपितो राजा तमक्षेणानहद् भृशम्। मुखे युधिष्ठिरं कोपान्नैवमित्येव भर्सयन्॥ बलवत् प्रतिविद्धस्य नस्तः शोणितमावहत्। तद्प्राप्तं महीं पार्थः पाणिभ्यां प्रत्यगृह्णत॥