The king will go in person to fight in battle like one having no support. I think it will be (as) greatly difficult for Kaurava king to escape with life while fighting with Kiriti in battle, as it is in the case of an elephant (fighting with) a tiger. Thus addressed by his maternal uncle, the son of Drona, who was the foremost of those that could wield weapons.
स्वयं युद्धाय यद् राजा पार्थं यात्यसहायवान् दुर्लभं जीवितं मन्ये कौरव्यस्य किरीटिना। युध्यमानस्य पार्थेन शार्दूलेनेव हस्तिनः॥ मातुलेनैवमुक्तस्तु द्रौणिः शस्त्रभृतां वरः।