Their leader, the mighty Vasudeva, will not, he has told me, take up arms for them, O king. In this way, O Suta, did Duryodhana often use to speak to me. Hearing what he said, I believed that the Pandavas would be killed in battle.
ततो नृपतयो वीराः स्थास्यन्ति मम शासने। यश्च तेषां पणेता वै वासुदेवो महाबलः ॥ न स संनह्यते राजनिति मामब्रवीद् वचः। तस्याथ वदतः सूत बहुशो मम संनिधौ।॥