How also could my troops he saved from this destruction? O grandsire, tell me the means for accompiishing all these ends." Thereupon, O elder brother of Pandu, the son of Shantanu said these words to the Pandavas.
मम सैन्यस्य च क्षेमं तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह। ततोऽब्रवीच्छान्तनवः पाण्डवान् पाण्डुपूर्वजः॥