How will Gandhari bear such poignant grief, after hearing of her son, who always fought fairly, being slain unfairly by us?' Having thought thus for a long while, king Yudhishthira filled with fear and fried said these words to Vasudeva.
कथं दुःखमिदं तीव्र गान्धारी सा सहिष्यति। श्रुत्वा विनिहतं पुत्रं छलेनाजिह्मयोधिनम्॥ एवं विचिन्त्य बहुधा भयशोकसमन्वितः। वासुदेवमिदं वाक्यं धर्मराजोऽभ्यभाषत॥