They always took care that the old king who was afflicted with the destruction of his sons and grandsons, with, that is, grief caused by the Pandavas themselves, might not die of his grief.
कथं नु राजा वृद्धः स पुत्रपौत्रवधार्दितः॥ शोकमस्मत्कृतं प्राप्य न प्रियेतेति चिन्त्यते।