We were well-protected and ruled by king Duryodhana even as we had been ruled by king Shantanu, or by Chitrangada, or by your father, O monarch, who was protected by the prowess of Bhishma, or by Pandu, that ruler of Earth, who was overlooked by you in all is deeds.
यथा शान्तनुना गुप्ता राज्ञा चित्राङ्गदेन च। भीष्मवीर्योपगूढेन पित्रा तव च पार्थिव॥ भवदुद्वीक्षणाच्चैव पाण्डुना पृथिवीक्षिता। तथा दुर्योधनेनापि राज्ञा सुपरिपालताः॥