Or some soldiers of yours may do some injury to Yudhishthira and that unpremeditated act may be ascribed to you. O descendant of Bharata, therefore let some faithful men go there to count the cattle and mark the calves. I do not think it is proper for your to go in person.
अथवा सैनिकाः केचिदपकुर्युर्युधिष्ठिरम्। तदबुद्धिकृतं कर्म दोषमुत्पादयेच्च वः॥ तस्माद् गच्छन्तु पुरुषाः स्मारणायाप्तकारिणः। न स्वयं तत्र गमनं रोचये तव भारत॥