Saying so to his great sire, that foremost of all persons conversant with Brahma, Dhritarashtra, laden with grief, became stupefied. The king, O monarch, thinking of his miseries, became silent.
तथैवाहं करिष्यामि अद्यैव द्विजसत्तम। इत्युक्त्वा तु महात्मानं पितरं ब्रह्मवित्तमम्॥ धृतराष्ट्रोऽभवन्मूढः स शोकं परमं गतः। अभूच तूष्णीं राजासौ ध्यायमानो महीपते॥