Seeing the plight to which their king and queen had been reduced, the citizens became afflicted with great grief. Filled with fear of the curse of the Rishi, they kept silent under their misery.
तौ दृष्ट्वा पौरवर्गस्तु भृशं शोकसमाकुलः। अभिशापभयत्रस्तो न च किंचिदुवाच ह॥