Vaishampayana continued Deprived of sons, counselors and all his friends, the energetic king Dhritarashtra suddenly dropped down on the Earth like a tree uprooted by the wind.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा करुणं वाक्यं पुत्रपौत्रवधार्दितः। पपात भुवि दुर्धर्षो वाताहत इव दुमः॥