And since, O best of the Kurus, the Brahmanas are very much dearer to me than you, it is by that truth that I expect to go to all those regions of happiness which have been gained by my father Shantanu.
यथा मम प्रियतमास्त्वत्तो प्रियाः कुरूत्तम। तेन सत्येन गच्छेयं लोकान् यत्र स शान्तनुः॥