Brihadshava said : Damayanti beheld the righteous king to be maddened at the gambling and deprived of his reason. Thereupon, O Monarch, the daughter of Bhima was overwhelmed with terror and grief and meditated upon the seriousness of the matter regarding the king, her husband.
बृहदश्व उवाच दमयन्ती ततो दृष्ट्वा पुण्यश्लोकं नराधिपम्। उन्मत्तवदनुन्मत्ता देवने गतचेतसम्॥ भयशोकसमाविष्टा राजन् भीमसुता ततः। चिन्तयामास तत् कार्यं सुमहत् पार्थिवं प्रति॥