Then were Bhishma, Drona and Kripa thus addressed by me, who heard this, through fear of the ruin of our cousins, Oking, "That the sons of Pandu will abide by the terms agreed to, is my opinion; our destruction does the son of Vasudeva desire.
श्रुत्वा चैवं मयोक्तास्तु भीष्मद्रोणकृपास्तदा। ज्ञातिक्षयभयाद् राजन् भीतेन भरतर्षभ॥ ततः स्थास्यन्ति समये पाण्डवा इति मे मतिः। समुच्छेदं हि नः कृत्स्नं वासुदेवश्चिकीर्षति॥