It seems that he had formed a plan for destroying the Pandavas during the night.'.-Hearing these words, both Gandhari and Dhritarashtra said Keshava, the destroyer of Keshin, these words— 'Go quickly, O mighty-armed one, and protect the Pandavas.
पाण्डवानां वधे रात्रौ बुद्धिस्तेन प्रदर्शिता॥ एतच्छुत्वा तु वचनं गान्धार्या सहितोऽब्रवीत्। धृतराष्ट्रो महाबाहुः केशवं केशिसूदनम्॥ शीघ्रं गच्छ महाबाहो पाण्डवान् परिपालय।