Shakuni said: O king, O ruler of the world, what folly has taken possession of you? They have gone (to the forest) after making a pledge. Therefore what you fear can never take place.
शकुनिरुवाच किं बालिशमतिं राजन्नास्थितोऽसि विशाम्पते। गतास्ते समयं कृत्वा नैतदेवं भविष्यति॥