tatra - thereupon; āha - said; amarṣitaḥ - in an angry mood; bhīmaḥ - Bhīma; tasya - his; śreyān - ultimate good; vadhaḥ - killing; smṛtaḥ - recorded; na - not; bhartuḥ - of the master; na - nor; ātmanaḥ - of his own self; ca - and; arthe - for the sake of; yaḥ - one who; ahan - killed; suptān - sleeping; śiśūn - children; vṛthā - without purpose.

Bhīma, however, angrily disagreed with them and recommended killing this culprit, who had murdered sleeping children for no purpose and for neither his nor his master’s interest.