The perpetuity of race, the offering of funeral cake, and every thing else that depends upon offspring, now depend on the Pandavas as regards both yourself and Gandhari.
कुलं वंशश्च पिण्डाश्च यच्च पुत्रकृतं फलम्॥ गान्धार्यास्तव वै नाथ पाण्डवेषु प्रतिष्ठितम्।