There the mother of Bhurishravas that faultless lady, beside herself with grief, is addressing her lord Somadatta, saying,-By good luck, O king, you do not witness this terrible destruction of the Bharatas, this extermination of the Kurus, this sight resembling the spectacles occurring at the end of a cycle.
असौ हि भूरिश्रवसो माता शोकपरिप्लुता। आश्वासयति भर्तारं सोमदत्तमनिन्दिता॥ दिष्ट्या नैनं महाराज दारुणं भरतक्षयम्। कुरुसंक्रन्दनं घोरं युगान्तमनुपश्यसि॥