Vaishampayana said Beholding the Suta's slain, people went and communicated to the king: "O king, the highly powerful sons of Suta have been slain by the Gandharvas.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ते दृष्ट्वा निहतान् सूतान् राज्ञे गत्वा न्यवेदयन्। गन्धर्वैनिहता राजन् सूतपुत्रा महाबलाः॥