Alas, if I had known that the Pandavas and the Panchalas would be incompetent to protect my son in battle, myself would then have protected him.
यद्येवमहमज्ञास्यमशक्तान् रक्षणे मम। पुत्रस्य पाण्डुपञ्चालान् मया गुप्तो भवेत् ततः॥