O foremost of the Bharata race all has now passed away, do not grieve for them. O you of evenlasting fame, do you now hear of all that had taken place, namely the details of that awful slaughter.
तत्त्विदानीमतिक्रान्तं मा शुचो भरतर्षभ। शृणु सर्वं यथावृत्तं घोरं वैशसमुच्यते॥