It is heard that he who was the intelligent kings of the Gandharvas and named Dhritarashtra, took birth in the world of men as your lord Dhritarashtra,
गन्धर्वराजो यो धीमान् धृतराष्ट्र इति श्रुतः। स एव मानुषे लोके धृतराष्ट्र: पतिस्तव॥