Preserving the Kurus and massacring the sons of Pandu even at the cost of my very life in this dreadful fight and dispatching to Death my myriad enemies in this battle, I shall bestow this monarchy the of Dhritarashtra.
स्त्यक्त्वा प्राणान् घोररूपे रणेऽस्मिन्। सर्वान् संख्ये शत्रुसंघान् निहत्य दास्याम्यहं धार्तराष्ट्राय राज्यम्॥