Dhritarashtra said Tell me about the Varsha called Bharata in which these foolish men have assembled (to fight), for which my son Duryodhana has become so very covetous, which the Pandavas also are desirous of obtaining and in which even my mind sinks. Tell me all this, for you are, in my opinion endued with great intelligence.
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच यदिदं भारतं वर्षं यत्रेदं मूर्च्छितं बलम्। यत्रातिमात्रलुब्धोऽयं पुत्रो दुर्योधनो मम॥ यत्र गृद्धाः पाण्डुपुत्रा यत्र मे सज्जते मनः। एतन्मे तत्त्वमाचक्ष्व त्वं हि मे बुद्धिमान् मतः॥