Sanjaya said Beholding the boxes of cars as also the cars of great warriors and the elephants and footsoldiers, O king, killed in battle-seeing the field of battle appear dreadful like the sporting ground of Rudra-seeing the ignominious death obtained by hundreds and thousands of kings-seeing also the prowess of Partha after the retreat of your son with a sorrowful heart and when your troops, filled with anxiety and fallen into great distress, O Bharata, were deliberating about their next course, hearing also the loud lamentations of the Kaurava warriors that were being smitten and marking the displaced and disordered tokens of great kings, the energetic, old, eloquent and compassionate Kuru leader Kripa, approached king Duryodhana and angrily said to him:-"O Duryodhana, listen, O Bharata, to these words. Having them, O monarch, act according to them, O sinless one, if you like.
संजय उवाच पतितान् रथनीडांश्च रथांश्चापि महात्मनाम्। रणे च निहतान् नागान् दृष्ट्वा पत्तींश्च मारिष॥ आयोधनं चातिघोरं रुद्रस्याक्रीड संनिभम्। अप्रख्याति गतानां तु राज्ञां शतसहस्रशः॥ विमुखे तव पुत्रे तु शोकोपहतचेतसि। भृशोद्विग्नेषु सैन्येषु दुःखं पार्थस्य विक्रमम्॥ ध्यायमानेषु सैन्येषु दुःखं प्राप्तेषु भारत! बलानां मथ्यमानानां श्रुत्वा निनदमुत्तमम्॥ अभिज्ञानं नरेन्द्राणां विक्षतं प्रेक्ष्य संयुगे। कृपाविष्टः कृपो राजन् वयः शीलसमन्वितः॥ अब्रवीत् तत्र तेजस्वी सोऽभिसृत्य जनाधिपम्। दुर्योधनं मन्युवशाद् वाक्यं वाक्यविशारदः॥ दुर्योधन निबोधेदं यत् त्वां वक्ष्यामि कौरव। श्रुत्वा कुरु महाराज यदि ते रोचतेऽनघ॥