Shorn of all stupefaction of mind, king Dhritarashthra began to practice vows and penances like a great Rishi, reducing his body to skin and bones, for his flesh was all dried up, bearing inatted locks on heard, and his person clad in barks and skins.
त्वगस्थिभूतः परिशुष्कमांसो जटाजिनी वल्कलसंवृताङ्गः। स पार्थिवस्तत्र तपश्चचार महर्षिवत्तीव्रमपेतमोहः॥