King Babhruvahana then, regaining consciousness, saw his mother seated in that guise on the field of battle. Addressing her he said, What can be more painful than the sight of my mother, who has been brought up in luxury, lying on the naked Earth beside her heroic husband stretched thereon.
ततः संज्ञा पुनर्लध्वा स राजा बभ्रुवाहनः। मातरं तामथालोक्य रणभूमावथाब्रवीत्॥ इतो दुःखतरं किं नु यन्मे माता सुखैधिता। भूमौ निपतितं वीरमनुशेते मृतं पतिम्॥