Vaishampayana said : Having heard these words of the ascetics and remembering the loss of his procreative power owing to the curse of the deer, Pandu began to reflect. He told his lawfully wedded wife, illustrious Kunti, in private, “Try to raise offspring at this emergency.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा तापसवचः पाण्डुश्चिन्तापरोऽभवत्॥ आत्मनो मृगशापेन जानन्नुपहतां क्रियाम्। सोऽब्रवीद् विजने कुन्ती धर्मपत्नी यशस्विनीम्। अपत्योत्पादने यत्नमापदि त्वं समर्थय॥