Vaishampayana said After the king Dhritarashtra had offered libations of water, the mighty-armed Yudhishthira, with his senses bewildered, and keeping the former in his front, ascended the banks (of the river), and as his eyes which filled with tears, he dropt down on the tank of the Ganga like an elephant pierced by the hunter.
वैशम्पायन उवाच कृतोदकं तु राजानं धृतराष्ट्र युधिष्ठिरः। पुरस्कृत्य महाबाहुरुत्तताराकुलेन्द्रियः॥ उत्तीर्य तु महाबाहुर्बाष्पव्याकुललोचनः। पपात तीरे गङ्गाया व्याधविद्ध इव द्विपः॥