Verse 21·VR 2.76.21

क्रौन्चीनाम् इव नारीणाम् निनादः तत्र शुश्रुवे | आर्तानाम् करुणम् काले क्रोशन्तीनाम् सहस्रशः || २-७६-२१

kR^ita udakam te bharatena saardham | nR^ipa anganaa mantri purohitaaH ca | puram pravishya ashru pariita netraa | bhuumau dasha aham vyanayanta duhkham || 2-76-23

Translation

At that time the crying sounds of thousands of women, pitiably weeping with agony, were heard like the sounds of female curlew birds.

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Advice of Vasishta to Bharata

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