(Regaining his senses) Vasudeva, afflicted with grief at the death of his daughter's son, O king, addressed Krishna, saying, O lotus-eyed one, you are famed on Earth for being truthful in speech. Why, however, O destroyer of enemies, do you not tell me today of the death of my daughter's son?
ततः स दौहित्रवधदुःखशोकसमाहतः। वसुदेवो महाराज कृष्णं वाक्यमथाब्रवीत्॥ ननु त्वं पुण्डरीकाक्ष सत्यवाग् भुवि विश्रुतः॥ यद् दौहित्रवधं मेऽद्य न ख्यापयसि शत्रुहन्।