Cherishing that hope in his heart and being comforted, O Bharata, your son Duryodhana, relying in battle upon that great car-carrier, the ruler of the Madras, thought himself as having a protector.
तामाशां हृदये कृत्वा समाश्वस्य च भारत। मद्रराजं च समरे समाश्रित्य महारथम्॥ नाथवन्तं तदाऽऽत्मानममन्यन्त सुतास्तव।