"'What have we done to them? For what offense, again, do the Pandavas together with the Srinjayas wish to kill the sons of Dhritarashtra? And here we shall not bow out of fear, even before Shatakratu, being frightened by no harsh deed nor by any word. I do not see, O Krishna, who, observing the kshatriya dharma, would be able to conquer us in battle, O destroyer of foes. For Bhishma, Kripa, and Drona, together with their troops, O Madhusudana, cannot be conquered in battle even by the gods, still less by the Pandavas. If, O Madhava, performing our own dharma, we attain death by the weapon in battle at the appointed time, that itself is heaven.'"