Thus plaintively lamenting, I said these and many other words to my son, O Suta. But that fool did not listen to me, Me seems all this is owing to the evil influence of time.
इत्यहं विलपन् सूत बहुशः पुत्रमुक्तवान्। न च मे श्रुतवान् मूढो मन्ये कालस्य पर्ययम्॥