Dhritarashtra said-Odelighter of the Kurus, my mind is fixed, O son, on penances. O powerful one, it is proper for our family that I should retire into the forest.
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच तापस्ये मे मनस्तात वर्तते कुरुनन्दन। उचितं च कुलेऽस्माकमरण्यगमनं प्रभो॥