If they (the sons of Dhritarashtra) oppose them (the Pandavas) in battle the letter thus opposed will kill them; and if you are of opinion that the Pandavas, owing to insufficiency of numbers, will not be able to win victory over them let them combine with all their friends and try to overthrow them. The intentions of Duryodhana are not known nor what he is going to do.
युद्धेन बाधेयुरिमांस्तथैव तैर्बाध्यमाना युधि तांश्च हन्युः। स्तेषां जयोयेति भवेन्मतं वः॥ स्तेषां विनाशाय यतेयुरेव। न ज्ञायते किं न करिष्यतीति॥