Why after having increased the strength of your enemy and after weakening your own friends and after having lived in exile in the forest for a series of years, are you now desirous of fighting, O son of Pandu, after the proper time.
बलं कस्माद् वर्धयित्वा परस्य निजान् कस्मात् कर्शयित्वा सहायान्। निरुष्य कस्माद् वर्षपूगान् वनेषु युयुत्ससे पाण्डव हीनकालम्॥