na - not; tat - His; vākyam - words; jagṛhatuḥ - the two of them accepted; baddha - fixed; vairau - whose enmity; nṛpa - O King (Parīkṣit); artha-vat - sensible; anusmarantau - continuing to remember; anyonyam - about each other; duruktam - the harsh words; duṣkṛtāni - the misdeeds; ca - also.

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] They did not accept Lord Balarāma’s request, O King, although it was logical, for their mutual enmity was irrevocable. Each of them constantly remembered the insults and injuries he had suffered from the other.