People living on the banks of Ganga report that the great Dhritarashtra is practicing the austerest of penances.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच वदन्ति पुरुषा मेऽद्य गङ्गातीरनिवासिनः। धृतराष्ट्र महात्मानमास्थितं परमं तपः॥