Vaishampayana said “After he had lost his hundred sons, king Dhritarashtra. stricken with grief on that account, dejected, and looking like a tree shorn of its branches became stupefied with anxiety and lost his power of speech.
वैशम्पायन उवाच हते पुत्रशते दीनं छिन्नशाखमिव दुमम्। पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तं धृतराष्ट्रं महीपतिम्॥