When those sounds of wailing ceased for a while, king Yudhishthira the just, shopping his tears by summoning all his patience, said these words.
तस्मिन्नुपरते शब्दे मुहूर्तादिव भारत। निगृह्य बाष्पं धैर्येण धर्मराजोऽब्रवीदिदम्॥