"But for the fault of his mother, he will be blind." Having heard these words of his son, the mother said, "O great ascetic, how can one who is blind be a king, worthy of the Kurus? How can one who is blind can protect his relatives and friends and increase the glory of his fathers and continue the dynasty? Therefore, you should give another king to the Kuru race.”
किं तु मातुः स वैगुण्यादन्ध एव भविष्यति। तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा माता पुत्रमथाब्रवीत्॥ नान्धः कुरूणां नृपतिरनुरूपस्तपोधन। ज्ञातिवंशस्य गोप्तारं पितॄणां वंशवर्धनम्॥ द्वितीयं कुरुवंशस्य राजानं दातुमर्हसि।