O Yudhishthira, seeing his daughter-in-law, Paravasu's wife in tears, he consoled her with sweet words and asked her the cause of her grief,
रुदतीं च स्नुषां दृष्ट्वा भार्यामाः परावसोः। सान्त्वयश्लक्ष्णया वाचा पर्यपृच्छद् युधिष्ठिर॥