Kunti said: O god, my father is alive and so also my mother and friends. And since they are (still) living, this violation of duty (on my part) is not allowable.
कुन्त्युवाच पिता मे ध्रियते देव माता चान्ये च बान्धवाः। न तेषु ध्रियमाणेषु विधिलोपो भवेदयम्॥