Yudhishthira said : O Brahmanas, I have always great devotion towards the Brahmanas. But this destitution has overwhelmed me. My these brothers who are to procure fruits and roots and the deer are stupified with grief for the afflictions that have overtaken them and for the distress of Draupadi and for the loss of our kingdom. Alas, as they are distressed, I cannot employ them in painful tasks!
युधिष्ठिर उवाच ममापि परमा भक्तिर्ब्राह्मणेषु सदा द्विजाः। सहायविपरिभ्रंशस्त्वयं सादयतीव माम्॥ आहरेयुरिमे येऽपि फलमूलमधूनि च। त इमे शोकजैर्दुःखैर्धातरो मे विमोहिताः॥ द्रौपद्या विप्रकर्षण राज्यापहरणेन च। दुःखार्दितानिमान् क्लेशैर्नाहं योक्तुमिहोत्सहे॥