After she had said these words, king Yudhishthira, trembling and with joined hands, approached her and said, 'Here is Yudhishthira, O goddess, that cruel destroyer of your sons! I deserve your curses, for I am the root of this universal destruction! Oh curse me!
तमभ्यगच्छद् राजेन्द्रो वेपमानः कृताञ्जलिः। युधिष्ठिरस्त्विदं तत्र मधुरं वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥ पुत्रहन्ता नृशंसोऽहं तव देवि युधिष्ठिरः। शापार्हः पृथिवीनाशे हेतुभूतः शपस्व माम्॥