It may be that if we are brunt, our grandfather Bhishma and other best men of the Kuru race may be indignant for the sake of virtue.
अथवापीह दग्धेषु भीष्मोऽस्माकं पितामहः। धर्म इत्येव कुष्येरन् ये चान्ये कुरुपुङ्गवाः॥