Duryodhana himself had formerly defeated Yudhishthira unfairly. He always acted treacherously towards us. It was therefore that I had recourse to an unfair act.
अधर्मेण जितः पूर्वं तेन चापि युधिष्ठिरः। निकृताश्च सदैव स्म ततो विषममाचरम्॥