It would have been very cruel had I saved the rest of my progeny by abandoning Duryodhana, but then the rest could have lived.
नृशंसं तु परं नु स्यात् तयक्त्वा दुर्योधनं यदि। पुत्रशेषं चिकीर्षेयं कृत्स्नं न मरणं व्रजेत्॥