I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that all the chief warriors of my side had been defeated by Arjuna on a single chariot while he was in the kingdom of Virata.
धनंजयेनैकरथेन भग्नान्। विराटराष्ट्रे वसता महात्मना तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय॥