How did the sons of Pritha (the Pandavas), equal to Shakra (Indra) in effulgence, thus suddenly robbed of their affluence and overwhelmed with misery, pass their days in the forest?
कथं चैश्वर्यविभ्रष्टाः सहसा दुःखमेयुषः। वने विजहिरे पार्थाः शक्रप्रतिमतेजसः॥