Sauti said: Bewailing his fate thus, Dhritarashtra was overcome with the greatest sorrow and lost his senses for a time. But being revived, he addressed Sanjaya in these words.
सौतिरुवाच इत्युक्त्वा धृतराष्ट्रोऽथ विलप्य बहुदुःखितः। मूर्च्छितः पुनराश्वस्त: संजयं वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥