He was slain by Bhimasena, who had (at the time) recollected the most severe and innumerable wrongs inflicted upon him by Duryodhana and also the most solemn promise of his own.
घोररूपान् परिक्केशान दुर्योधनकृतान् बहून्। प्रतिज्ञा स्मरता चैव भीमसेनेन पातितः॥