Dhritarashtra said: Those children are dearer to me then they were to Pandu, know that my affection for them is now greater then before.
यथैव पाण्डोः पुत्रास्तु तथैवाभ्यधिका मम। यथा चाभ्यधिका बुद्धिर्मम तान् प्रति तच्छृणु॥