Nothing could have been unattainable by us, not excepting things belonging to the celestial region. Alas, this terrible carnage, so destructive of the Kurus, would not have taken place.
कर्णमेवानुशोचामि दह्याम्यग्नाविवाहितः। नेह स्म किंचिदप्राप्यं भवेदपि दिवि स्थितम्॥ न चेदं वैशसं घोरं कौरवान्तकरं भवेत्।