Satyavati goes to the banks of Ganga , pleads with Ganga to help her at this crucial time, Ganga refuses saying that so far it has always been Satyavati who had taken decision, henceforth the decision should be her’s only. Satyavati realizes her folly and her greed as well as her fear that drove all the actions which has brought Hastinapur to the present sorry state of affairs.