When the Rishi had thus spoken, the ruler of earth, Dhritarashtra, began to gratify the Rishi, so that what he had said may not happen.
इत्येवमुक्ते वचनेधृतराष्ट्रो महीपतिः। प्रसादयामास मुनि नैतदेवं भवेदिति॥