‘By indulging in such sorrow as cannot be avoided one only wastes his body any cheering his enemies. Then, again, no one can lighten another's sorrow by putting any portion of it upon oneself. For these reasons, O Shakra, I do not grieve. All this that you see has one end.
अनिवार्येण शोकेन शरीरं चोपतप्यते। अमित्राश्च प्रहष्यन्ति शोके नास्ति सहायता॥