Hearing that dreadful din and seeing that descendant of Madhu's race sorely afflicted, O Bharata, king Yudhishthira addressing his
तं श्रुत्वा निनदं घोरं पीड्यमानं च माधवम्। युधिष्ठिरोऽब्रवीद् राजा सर्वसैन्यानि भारत॥