That friend, however, of yours did not wish to protect his kinsmen. Seeing his sons and grandson and brothers and friends lying dead, he said to me these words, O Bharata's race. The destruction of this our family has at last come.
इमांस्तु नैच्छत् स्वाज्ञातीन् रक्षितुं च सखा तव।।१७। ततः पुत्रांश्च पौत्रांश्च भ्रातृनथ सखींस्तथा। शयानान् निहतान् दृष्ट्वा ततो मामब्रवीदिदम्॥ सम्प्राप्तोऽद्यायमस्यान्तः कुलस्य भरतर्षभ।