I instilled courage into your hearts, O my sons, so that the family of Pandu, represented by my children, might not be lost.
कथं न राजवंशोऽयं नश्येत् प्राप्य सुतान् मम्। पाण्डोरिति मया पुत्रास्तस्मादुद्धर्षणं कृतम्॥