Sanjaya said Thus spoken to by Vyasa the very virtuous king Yudhishthira, endued with heroism, desisted himself from slaughtering Karna, O foremost of the Bharatas.
व्यासेनैवमथोक्तस्तु धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः। स्वयं कर्णवधाद् वीरो निवृत्तो भरतर्षभ॥