- 'Oh ! lord, this is the thirteenth day since the death of your father. The heap of bones and ashes still remain on the pyre. Why this delay on your part? [2-77-22]
There are three dualities (hunger and thirst, pain and pleasure, birth and death), which are applicable to all living beings without any exception and cannot be eschewed. Therefore, it does not behove you to act in this way.' [2-77-23]
सुमन्त्रश्चापि शत्रुघ्नमुत्थाप्याभिप्रसाद्य च | श्रावयामास तत्त्वज्ञः सर्व भूत भव अभवौ || २-७७-२४
The knower of reality Sumantra helped Satrughna to rise, after having consoled him, imparted him the truth about the inevitability of birth and death. [2-77-24]
उत्थितौ च नरव्याघ्रौ प्रकाशेते यशस्विनौ | वर्षातपपरिक्लिनौ पृथगिन्द्रध्वजाविव || २-७७-२५
Having risen from the earth both the illustrious tigers among men ( Bharata and Satrughna ) looked faded and weather beaten like the banners of Indra that had faded under the Sun and rain. [2-77-25]