Before he had proceeded far on foot, the king remembered the words of the intelligent and virtuous Vidura. "Forsooth, this had been foreseen by the wise Vidura viz., this great destruction of Kshatriyas and of ourselves in battle.” Reflecting on this, the king, with heart burning in grief at having seen the extermination of his army, desired to go into the depths of that lake.
नातिदूरं ततो गत्वा पद्भ्यामेव नराधिपः। सस्मार वचनं क्षत्तुर्धर्मशीलस्य धीमतः॥ इदं नूनं महाप्राज्ञो विदुरो दृष्ट्वान् पुरा। महद् वैशसमस्माकं क्षत्रियाणां च संयुगे॥ एवं विचिन्तयानस्तु प्रविविक्षुर्हदं नृपः। दुःखसंतप्तहृदयो दृष्ट्वा राजन् बलक्षयम्॥