That Arjuna, ever dear to me, through good fortune still lives. Afflicted as he is sorely with the grief caused by the death of his son and striving to achieve a most difficult feat.
मम प्रियश्च सततं दिष्ट्या पार्थः स जीवति॥ पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तश्चिकीर्षन् कर्म दुष्करम्।