You should not grieve, therefore, O son of Kuru. That which was preordained has come to pass. It could not be otherwise. You have heard the mysteries relating to the deities from the lips of the Islandborn Rishi himself.
न शोचितव्यं कौरव्य भवितव्यं हि तत् तथा। श्रुतं देवरहस्यं ते कृष्णद्वैपायनादपि॥