I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that our great car-warriors, being unable to defeat Arjuna, had enjoyed joy after jointly surrounded and slain the boy Abhimanyu.
यदाऽभिमन्यु परिवार्य बालं सर्वे हत्वा हृष्टरूपा बभूवुः। महारथाः पार्थमशक्नुवन्त स्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजया।१८९॥