Seeing the Pandavas stricken with anxiety and grief. Krishna addressed them in a voice deep as that of the clouds or the drum, saying-''All of them were great car-warriors and quick hands in weapons! If you had displayed all your prowess, even then you could never have killed them in battle by a fair fight.
तांस्तु चिन्तापरान् दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवान् दीनचेतसः। प्रोवाचेदं वचः कृष्णो मेघदुन्दुभिनिःस्वनः॥ नैष शक्योऽतिशीघ्रास्त्रस्ते च सर्वे महारथाः। ऋजुयुद्धेन विक्रान्ता हन्तुं युष्माभिराहवे॥