Sanjaya said Listen, O monarch, with patience, to the description of the destruction of human hosts and of the hosts of steeds elephants and cars this mighty evil owes its origin to you.
संजय उवाच शृणु राजन् स्थिरो क्षयं मनुष्यदेहानां गजवाजिरथक्षयम्। भूत्वा तवैवापनयो महान्॥