Chapter 137: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) Slays Somadatta; Yudhiṣṭhira Redirected from Droṇa
स्वयं पीत्वा महाराज कालकूटं सुदुर्जरम् । तस्येदानीं फल कृत्स्नमवाप्लुहि नरोत्तम,नरश्रेष्ठ महाराज! जिसको पचाना अत्यन्त कठिन है, उस कालकूट विषको स्वयं पीकर अब उसके सारे परिणामोंको आप ही भोगिये
saṃjaya uvāca |
svaṃyaṃ pītvā mahārāja kālakūṭaṃ sudurjaram |
tasyedānīṃ phalaṃ kṛtsnam avāpluhi narottama ||
Sañjaya said: “O great king, having yourself drunk the dread Kālakūṭa poison—so hard to digest—now, O best of men, you must undergo its entire consequence. Having chosen the act, you must now bear its full fruit.”
संजय उवाच