All those ladies retired, O) chief of the Bharatas, as also all those friends, sceing the king deeply afflicted. Then Sanjaya cheerlessly looked at the king, O scorcher of foes, who, having recovered his senses, was weeping in great misery.
निश्चक्रमुस्ततः सर्वाः स्त्रियो भरतसत्तम।॥ सर्वे दृष्ट्वा राजानमातुरम्। सुहृदश्च तथा ततो नरपतिं तत्र लब्धसंज्ञं परंतप॥ अवैक्षत् संजयो दीनं रोदमानं भृशातुरम्। प्राञ्जलिर्निश्वसन्तं च तं नरेन्द्रं मुहुर्मुहुः। समाश्वासयत क्षत्ता वचसा मधुरेण च॥