Seeing that hero cheerless and unnerved by grief, sighing like a snake and shedding profuse tears, Kunti, herself filled with grief and almost beside herself with sorrow, addressed him in these sweet but weighty
तं दीनमनसं वीरं शोकोपहतमातुरम्। निःश्वसन्तं यथा नागं पर्यश्रुनयनं तथा॥ कुन्ती शोकपरीताङ्गी दुःखोपहतचेतना। अब्रवीन्मधुराभाषा काले वचनमर्थवत्॥