08005001c narendraH kiM cid Azvasto dvijazreSTha kim abravIt 'Having heard of karNa's fall and the slaughter of his sons, what, O foremost of regenerate ones, did the king say, after he had been a little comforted?
08005002a prAptavAn paramanM duHkhaM putravyasanajaM mahat Indeed, poignant was the grief that he experienced, arising from the calamity that befell his sons!
08005002c tasmin yad uktavAn kAle tan mamAcakSva pRcchataH Tell me, I ask thee, all that the king said on that occasion!'
08005003 vaizamMpAyana uvAca vaizampAyanas said,
08005003a zrutvA karNasya nidhanam azraddheyam ivAdbhutam 'Hearing of the slaughter of karNa that was incredible and astounding,
08005003c bhUtasamMmohanamM bhImamM meroH paryasanaM yathA that was dreadful and capable of paralysing the senses of all creatures, that looked like the downfall of Meru,
08005004a cittamoham ivAyuktamM bhArgavasya mahAmateH or a never-to-be-believed clouding of the intellect of the wise Shukra,
08005004c parAjayam ivendrasya dviSadbhyo bhImakarmaNaH or the defeat of indra of terrible feats at the hands of his foes,
08005005a divaH prapatanaM bhAnor urvyAm iva mahAdyuteH or the falling down on the Earth of the resplendent Sun from the firmament,
08005005c saMzoSaNam ivAcintyaM samudrasyAkSayAmbhasaH or a scarcely-to-be-comprehended drying up of the ocean, that receptacle of inexhaustible waters,
