Vaishampayana said "After all the soldiers had been killed during the hour of sleep by those three carwarriors, king Yudhishthira sorrowfully said to Krishna:-'How, O Krishna, could my sons, all of whom were great car-warriors, be killed by the sinful and wretched Ashvatthaman who is not an expert in battle?
वैशम्पायन उवाच हतेषु सर्वसैन्येषु सौप्तिके तै स्थैस्त्रिभिः। शोचन् युधिष्ठिरो राजा दाशार्हमिदब्रवीत्॥ कथं नु कृष्ण पापेन क्षुद्रेणाकृतकर्मणा। द्रौणिना निहताः सर्वे मम पुत्रा महारथाः॥