The king, with tears in his eyes, asked them, saying, 'Where has my eldest sire the perpetuator of Kuru's race, gone?
तानपृच्छत् ततो राजा क्वासौ कौरववंशभृत्। पिता ज्येष्ठो गतोऽस्माकमिति बाष्पपरिप्लुतः॥