Indeed, thinking of the destruction of the youthful Abhimanyu on the field of battle, of the mighty-armed Karna who never retreated from fight, of the sons of Draupadi, and of other friends of theirs, those heroes became highly dispirited.
अभिमन्योश्च बालस्य विनाशं रणमूर्धनि। कर्णस्य च महाबाहो संग्रामेप्वपलायिनः॥ तथैव द्रौपदेयानामन्येषां सुहृदामपि। वधं संस्मृत्य ते वीरा नानिप्रमनसोऽभवन्॥