King Dhritarashtra, finding thein silent, with their throats choked by grief, once more addressed them, saying, 'You best of men, old as I am, and sonless and through cheerlessness of heart, bewailing along with this my wedded wife, I have obtained the permission, in the matter of my retirement into the forest, of my sire, the Island-born Krishna himself, as also of king Yudhishthira, who knows every duty, you righteous dwellers of this kingdom.
तूष्णीम्भूतांस्ततस्तांस्तु बाष्पकण्ठान् महीपतिः। धृतराष्ट्रो महीपालः पुनरेवाभ्यभाषत॥ वृद्धं च हतपुत्रं च धर्मपल्या सहानया। विलपन्तं बहुविधं कृपणं चैव सत्तमाः॥ पित्रा स्वयमनुज्ञातं कृष्णद्वैपायनेन वै। वनवासाय धर्मज्ञा धर्मज्ञेन नृपेण ह॥