The melodious Venu is not played upon accompanied by claps; auspicious songs, fraught with praises and delightful, are not sung in my troops today, by the minstrels and the bards. All warriors also, beholding me, are turning away.with their faces cast down.
वीणा नैवाद्य वाद्यन्ते शम्यातालस्वनैः सह। मङ्गल्यानि च गीतानि च गायन्ति पठन्ति च॥ स्तुतियुक्तानि रम्याणि ममानीकेषु बन्दिनः। योधाश्चापि हि मां दृष्ट्वा निवर्तन्ते ह्यधोमुखाः॥