माता शिशूनां निधनं सुतानां निशम्य घोरं परितप्यमाना । तदारुदद्वाष्पकलाकुलाक्षी तां सान्त्वयन्नाह किरीटमाली ॥ १५ ॥
mata sisunam nidhanam sutanam nisamya ghoram paritapyamana tadarudad vaspa-kalakulaksi tam santvayann aha kiritamali
- mata
- the mother
- sisunam
- of the children
- nidhanam
- massacre
- sutanam
- of the sons
- nisamya
- after hearing
- ghoram
- ghastly
- paritapyamana
- lamenting
- tada
- at that time
- arudat
- began to cry
- vaspa-kala-akula-aksi
- with tears in the eyes
- tam
- her
- santvayan
- pacifying
- aha
- said
- kiritamali
- Arjuna.
Draupadi, the mother of the five children of the Pandavas, after hearing of the massacre of her sons, began to cry in distress with eyes full of tears. Trying to pacify her in her great loss, Arjuna spoke to her thus: