Vaishampayana said : The foremost of men, Dhritarashtra, the son of Ambika, having heard this most extraordinary and wonderful account (the mode of life of the Pandava king in the Kamyaka forest) became filled with grief and anxiety; and overwhelmed with melancholy and breathing hot and long he addressing his charioteer Sanjaya said,
वैशम्पायन उवाच तेषां तच्चरितं श्रुत्वा मनुष्यातीतमद्भुतम्। चिन्ताशोकपरीतात्मा मन्युनाभिपरिप्लुतः॥ दीर्घमुष्णं च निःश्वस्यधृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः। अब्रवीत् संजयं सूतमामन्त्र्य पुरुषर्षभ॥