Vaishampayana said, That scorcher of enemies, viz., Bibhatsu, thus addressed by his maternal uncle, replied, with great cheerlessness of heart, to Vasudeva who was equally cheerless, saying, 'O uncle, I ma unable to look at this Earth when she is reft of that hero of Vrishni' rare and those my other kinsmen.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तः स बीभत्सुर्मातुलेन परंतप। दुर्मना दीनवदनो वसुदेवमुवाच ह॥ नाहं वृष्णिप्रवीरेण बन्धुभिश्चैव मातुल। विहीनां पुथिवीं द्रष्टुं शक्यामीह कथंचन।॥