pṛṣṭaḥ sa cānena kathaṃcidaiḍaḥ somasya naptāpyabhavadvicittaḥ | sa cābhavacchāṃtanurasvataṃtraḥ kṣīṇe yuge kiṃ vata durbalo 'nyaḥ ||
‘So too, I think, when somewhat probed by this weapon, even the son of Iḍā,  the grandson of the moon, became mad; and Sāntanu  also lost his self-control, — how much more then one of feebler powers now that the age has grown degenerate?