On hearing his words, the king Vichitravirya's son became afflicted with grief, thinking that the royal princess (Draupadi) had been drowned in a river of sorrow.
ततः कथास्तस्य निशभ्य राजा वैचित्रवीर्यः कृपयाभितप्तः। वने तथा पार्थिवपुत्रपौत्रान् श्रुत्वा तथा दुःखनदी प्रपन्नान्॥