Their first days' expe:"ence of the forest proved very painful to them of grieving hearts, them who were grieved by the inhabitants of both the city and the provinces of the Kuru kingdom.
उदगमुखा निरीक्षन्त उपवासपरायणाः॥ स तेषामतिदुःखोऽभून्निवास: प्रथमेऽहनि। शोचतां शोचमानानां पौरजागदैर्जनैः॥