I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that for wounding the son in the womb of Uttara both Krishna and Dvaipayana had cursed him.
यदाश्रौषं द्रोगापुत्रेण गर्भे वैराटया वै पात्यमाने महास्त्रैः। द्वैपायन: केशवो द्रोणपुत्रं परस्परेणाभिशापैः :: शशाप॥