And the wily Dushasana, what did they say when Bhishma was killed? Entering that fearful abode of destructive battles play in which the balls have been made by the men, elephants and horses, in which arrows and javelins and swords and darts have formed the dice, who were those notched gamblers that gamble, by taking their very lives who won, who lost who cast the dice with success and who else have been killed besides the son of Shantanu, Bhishma. Tell me all, O Sanjaya, for hearing that Devavrata (of his men) that father of mine, that hero of fearful deeds, that ornament of battle, Bhishma is killed, peace cannot come to me. Thinking that all my sons would be killed, I am affected with the greatest anguish.
दुःशासनश्च कितवो हते भीष्मे किमब्रुवन्। यच्छरीरैरुपास्तीर्णां नरवारणवाजिनाम्॥ शरशक्तिमहाखड्गतोमराक्षां महाभयाम्। प्राविशन् कितवा मन्दाः सभां युद्धदुरासदाम्॥ प्राणद्यूते प्रतिभये केऽदीव्यन्त नरर्षभाः। के जीयन्ते जितास्तत्र कृतलक्ष्या निपातिताः॥ अन्ये भीष्माच्छान्तनवात् तन्ममाचक्ष्व संजय। न हि मे शान्तिरस्तीह श्रुत्वा देवव्रतं हतम्॥ पितरं भीमकर्माणं भीष्ममाहवशोभिनम्। आति मे हृदये रूढां महती पुत्रहानिजाम्॥