Of royal extraction and specially descendant as you are of the Kuru race, how could you transgress the duties of the Kshatriya race, although you were well-behaved and observant of vows.
कथं हि राजवंश्यस्त्वं कौरवेया विशेषतः। क्षत्रधर्मादपक्रान्तः सुवृत्तश्चरितव्रतः॥