Therefore, O son of Suta, leave alone the leaves, the branches and the trunk of the Pandava tree. Know Krishna to be its root, ever and every where.
तस्मात् पर्णानि शाखाश्च स्कन्धं चोत्सृज्य सूतज। कृष्णं हि विद्धि पाण्डूनां मूलं सर्वत्र सर्वदा॥