Holding before his mind's eye the paramount duty of a Kshatriya, and also from his own pride, king Duryodhana, through worsted, stood immovable like the everlasting hills.
क्षत्रधर्मं पुरस्कृत्य आत्मनश्चाभिमानिताम्। प्राप्तेऽपक्रमणे राजा तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः॥