Witnessing sights the like of which they had never before seen, the Bharata ladies felt their limbs to be deprived of strength and dropped down on the ground.
अदृष्टपूर्वं पश्यन्त्यो दुःखार्ता भरतस्त्रियः। शरीरेष्वस्खलनन्याः पतन्त्यश्चापरा भुवि॥