Duryodhana said Amongst all this numerous host of kings, there is none who can be as good a protector as you, owing to the superiority of the order to which you belong, to the nobility of your birth, to your knowledge of the Shastras, your age, your intelligence, prowess, skillfulness, invincibility, perfect acquaintance with worldly matters, moral purity, self-control, asceticism, seniority and gratefulness, as also owing to your being endued with all desirable qualities. Like Indra protecting the celestials, do you protect ourselves, O foremost of the twice born ones, being led by yourself, we desire to obtain victory over our enemies.
दुर्योधन उवाच वर्णश्रेष्ठ्यात् कुलोत्पत्त्या श्रुतेन वयसा धिया। वीर्याद् दाक्ष्यादधृष्यत्वादर्थज्ञानान्नयाज्जयात्॥ तपसा च कृतज्ञत्वाद् वृद्धः सर्वगुणैरपि। युक्तो भवत्समो गोप्ता राज्ञामन्यो न विद्यते॥ स भवान् पातु नः सर्वान् देवानिव शतक्रतुः। भवन्नेत्राः पराञ्जेतुमिच्छामो द्विजसत्तम॥