Janamejaya said Hearing that his sire Devavrata of unequaled might, energy, sturdiness, prowess and vigour, had been slain by Sikhandin the son of Panchala. O Brahmanical sage, what did the very powerful monarch Dhritarashtra with eyes blinded with fast-falling tears, do?
तमप्रतिमसत्त्वौजोबलवीर्यसमन्वितम्। हतं देवव्रतं श्रुत्वा पाञ्चाल्येन शिखण्डिना॥ धृतराष्ट्रस्ततो राजा शोकव्याकुललोचनः। किमचेष्टत विप्रर्षे हते पितरि वीर्यवान्॥