He had, from the very commencement been very wicked. He could not check himself. He did not satisfy the wishes of friends. For all that, he is now sunk in grief and calamity.
पूर्वमप्यतिदुःशीलो न धैर्यं कर्तुमर्हति॥ तपत्यर्थे विपन्ने हि मित्राणां न कृतं वचः।