Restraining the grief that originates from folly, the royal sage Dhritarashtra, enquired of Yudhishthira the just, saying,-'If, O son of Pandu, you know it, tell me the number of those that have been killed in this battle, as also of those that have escaped alive.'
धृतराष्ट्रस्तु राजर्षिर्निगृह्याबुद्धिजं तमः। पर्यपृच्छत धर्मज्ञो धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरम्॥ जीवतां परिमाणज्ञः सैन्यानामसि पाण्डव। हतानां यदि जानीषे परिमाणं वदस्व मे॥