kathayam asa -- he related; nidhanam -- the destruction; vrishninam -- of the Vrishnis; kritsnasah -- total; nripa -- O King Parikshit; tat -- that; srutva -- hearing; udvigna -- agitated; hridayah -- their hearts; janah -- the people; soka -- by sorrow; virmurcchitah -- rendered senseless; tatra -- there; sma -- indeed; tvaritah -- swiftly; jagmuh -- they went; krishna-vislesha -- by separation from Lord Krishna; vihvalah -- overwhelmed; vyasavah -- lifeless; serate -- they lay; yatra -- where; jnatayah -- their relatives; ghnantah -- striking; ananam -- their own faces.

Daruka delivered the account of the total destruction of the Vrishnis, and upon hearing this, O Parikshit, the people became deeply distraught in their hearts and stunned with sorrow. Feeling the overwhelming pain of separation from Krishna, they struck their own faces while hurrying to the place where their relatives lay dead.