Hearing those words of beings in distress, Yudhishthira of compassionate heart exclaimed aloud, Alas, how pain-full! and the king stood still.
तेषां तु वचनं श्रुत्वा दयावान् दीनभाषिणाम्। अहो कृच्छ्रमिति प्राह तस्थौ स च युधिष्ठिरः॥