Overwhelmed with grief, his voice choked up with tears and breathing heavily he questioned Vishoka saying: “Where is Bhimasena, dearer to me than my own life?"
अपृच्छद् वाष्पसंरुद्धो निःश्वसन वाचमीरयन्। मम प्राणैः प्रियतमः क्व भीम इति दुःखितः॥