O monarch, with a beast overwhelmed with grief, addressed the former saying-"O slayer of Madhu, you are showing delight at a time scarcely fit for it.
अतिहर्षोऽयमस्थाने तवाद्य मधुसूदन। शोकस्थाने तु सम्प्राप्ते हैडिम्बस्य वधेन तु॥