Shorn of beauty, and perfectly cheerless, it presented the aspect of a lotus flower in the season of winter. Seeing the sight that Dwraka presented, and seeing the numerous wives of Krishna, Arjuna bewailed aloud with eyes bathed in tears and fell down on the earth.
तां दृष्ट्वा द्वारकां पार्थस्ताश्च कृष्णस्य योषितः। सस्वनं वाष्पमुत्सृज्य निपपात महीतले॥