Seeing that the son of Pritha was greatly cheerless and breathing heavy sighs repeatedly and filled with despair, Vyasa, addressed him, saying——Have you been sprinkled with water from anybody's nails or hair or the end of anybody's cloth, or from the mouth of a jar? Did you know any woman before the cessation of her menses? Have you killed a Brahmana?
तमप्रतीतमनसं निःश्वसन्तं पुनः पुनः निर्विण्णमनसं दृष्ट्वा पार्थं व्यासोऽब्रवीदिदम्॥ नखकेशदशाकुम्भवारिणा किं समुक्षितः। आवीरजानुगमनं ब्राह्मणो वा हतस्त्वया॥