"I am the mother of the five Pandavas though I am now in their midst, yet I am burning in thirst!” She repeatedly said this to her sons.
माता सती पाण्डवानां पञ्चानां मध्यतः स्थिता। तृष्णया हि परीतास्मि पुत्रान् भृशमथाब्रवीत्॥