The Kuru ladies also raised up Gandhari. Thinking destiny to be all powerful the royal Rishi lost his senses under the weight of grief. His heart pining with sorrow and anxiety the king did not swoon away again. And consoled by them he sat silent indulging in melancholy reveries.
तथैवोत्थापयामासुर्गान्धारी कुरुयोषितः। स दैवं परमं मत्वा भवितव्यं च पार्थिवः॥ परां पीडां समाश्रित्य नष्टचित्तो महातपाः। चिन्ताशोकपरीतात्मा न जज्ञे मोहपीडितः। स समाश्वासितो राजा तूष्णीमासीद् विचेतनः॥