Then king Dhritarashtra, that lord of Earth, afflicted with the misery of the death of his sons, slowly and with difficulty regained his life-breaths.
कृच्छ्रेण तु ततो राजा धृतराष्ट्रो महीपतिः॥ शनैरलभत प्राणान् पुत्रव्यसनकर्शितः।