I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that the sons of Drona and others had committed a horrible and infamous deed by killing the Panchalas and the sons of Draupadi in their sleep.
हतान् पञ्चालान् द्रौपदेयांश्च सुप्तान्। कृतं बीभत्समयशस्यं च कर्म तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय॥