But at the same time this appeal to me by you shall not be entirely useless. I shall not kill such of your sons as are capable of being withstood and killed by me, in the battle.
न च तेऽयं समारम्भो मयि मोघो भविष्यति। वध्यान् विषह्यान् संग्रामे न हनिष्यामि ते सुतान्॥