Having reflected for short time Ashvatthaman said with tearful eyes,-King Duryodhana, they only hero of great might, for whose sake we were fighting with the Pandavas, has been killed. Deserted and alone through he was, the master of eleven Akshauhinis of soldiers that hero of unsullied prowess has been struck down by Bhimasena in battle.
स मुहूर्तमिव ध्यात्वा बाष्यविह्वलमब्रवीत्॥ हतो दुर्योधनो राजा एकवीरो महाबलः। यस्यार्थे वैरमस्माभिरासक्तं पाण्डवैः सह॥ एकाकी बहुभिः क्षुदैराहवे शुद्धविक्रमः। पातितो भीमसेनेन एकादशचमूपतिः॥