O king, your son is a forest, O son of Ambika, O sire, know that the Pandavas are the trees in that forest. Deserted by the lions, the forest will be destroyed; and the lions also will be destroyed without the forest.
वनं राजंस्तव पुत्रोऽऽम्बिकेय सिंहान् वने पाण्डवांस्तात विद्धि। सिंहैविहीनं हि वनं विनश्येत् सिंहा विनश्येयुर्ऋते वनेन॥