Tell me, O foremost of men. the cause of this your sorrow? O foremost of the learned, sorrow should not be indulged in, inasmuch as it overthrows the ends of life.
किमर्थे च विषादस्ते तद् ब्रूहि द्विपदां वर। न शोच्यं विदुषां श्रेष्ठ शोकः कार्यविनाशनः॥