Thereupon, O Yudhishthira, Damayanti summoned Sudeva; and overwhelmed with grief and calamity, she addressed him in the presence of her mother thus,
ततः सुदेवमाभाष्य दमयन्ती युधिष्ठिर। अब्रवीत् संनिधौ मातुर्दुःखशोकसमन्विता॥