Even before you had asked me, this was the thought in my mind. I entertained this purpose when I was urged to that effect by the king, by you, O Gandhari, and by Kunti:
पूर्वमेवैष हृदये व्यवसायोऽभवन्मम। यदास्मि चोदितो राज्ञा भवत्या पृथयैव च॥