My parents are not ignorant of the rules of warfare. As directed by me, O Sanjaya, tell them that are afflicted with grief these words: I have celebrated sacrifices, maintained a large number of servants properly governed the whole Earth with her seas, I stood on the heads of my living enemies.
अभिज्ञौ युद्धधर्मस्य मम माता पिता च मे॥ तौ हि संजय दुःखार्ती विज्ञाप्यौ वचनाद्धि मे। इष्टं भृत्या भृताः सम्यग् भूः प्रशास्ता ससागरा॥ मूर्ध्नि स्थितममित्राणां जीवतामेव संजय।