Then upon the death of Abhimanyu, seeing his troops routed, Ajatasatru Yudhishthira addressed these words to the heroic warriors of his army-
दीर्यमाणं बलं दृष्ट्वा सौभद्रे विनिपातिते। अजातशत्रुस्तान् वीरानिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥