na -- not; tat -- His; vakyam -- words; jagrihatuh -- the two of them accepted; baddha -- fixed; vairau -- whose enmity; nripa -- O King (Parikshit); artha-vat -- sensible; anusmarantau -- continuing to remember; anyonyam -- about each other; duruktam -- the harsh words; dushkritani -- the misdeeds; ca -- also.

[Sukadeva Gosvami continued:] They did not accept Lord Balarama'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.