His father who, from excess of grief, bewailed thus, Govinda, more afflicted than he, answered in these words, His face did not become cheerless as he fought in the van of battle. Dreadful though that battle was, he diu not turn his back upon it.
एवंविधं बहु तदा विलपन्तं सुदुःखितम्॥ पितरं दुःखिततरो गोविन्दो वाक्यमब्रवीत्। न तेन विकृतं वक्त्रं कृतं संग्राममूर्धनि॥ न पृष्ठत: कृतश्चापि संग्रामस्तेन दुस्तरः।