Having yourself, O slayer of Madhu, as the protector of myself with my sons and as also that foremost of powerful men, Rama and that great car-warrior Pradyumna; and having the invincible Bhima and Vijaya who never turn back from the field alive, that I should suffer this sort of grief, O best among men!
यस्मा मम सपुत्रायास्त्वं नाथो मधुसूदन। रामश्च बलिनां श्रेष्ठः प्रद्युम्नश्च महारथः॥ साऽहमेवंविधं दुःखं सहेऽद्य पुरुषोत्तम। भीमे जीवति दुर्धर्षे विजये चापलायिनि॥