Through the disposal of Destiny, a highly severe chastisement has overtaken me alone. Tell me truly, O Sanjaya, every thing, about why my sons have become liable to slaughter and why the sons of Pandus have been exempted from it. I can not discern, O afflicter of your enemies, the termination of this ocean of distress.
मय्येव दण्डः पतति दैवात् परमदारुणः। यथाऽवध्याः पाण्डुसुता यथा वध्याश्च मे सुताः॥ एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व याथातथ्येन संजय। न हि पारं प्रपश्यामि दुःखस्यास्य कथंचन॥