Vaishampayana said After the brave Bhimasena had started, that Yadu hero, having eyes like lotus petals, addressed Kuru's son, Yudhishthira, saying,-O son of Pandu, beside himself with grief at the death of his sons, this brother of yours, goes alone to battle for killing son of Drona.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तस्मिन् प्रयाते दुधेर्षे यदूनामृषभस्ततः अब्रवीत् पुण्डरीकाक्षः कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्॥ एष पाण्डव ते भ्राता पुत्रशोकपरायणः। जिघांसुद्रौणिमाक्रन्दे एक एवाभिधावति॥