Desirous of getting the sovereignty of the Earth, he caused the Kuru race, blazing with prosperity, to be annihilated. Thinking of all this, I burn day and night with grief.
क्षयं नीतं कुलं दीप्तं पृथिवीराज्यमिच्छता। एतत् सर्वमनुस्मृत्य दह्यमानो दिवानिशम्॥