O chastiser of foes, then entering the palace, that hero saw Dhritarashtra and Gandhari. O foremost of men, that virtuous one then took hold of their feet as one of their sons. He was first embraced affectionately by Dhritarashtra and was then dismissed.
प्रविश्य च गृहं राजन्नभ्यन्तरमरिंदम। गान्धारीसहितं वीरो धृतराष्ट्रं ददर्श सः॥ पुत्रवच्च नरव्याघ्र पादौ जग्राह धर्मवित्। धृतराष्ट्रेण चाश्लिष्य प्रेम्णा चापि विसर्जितः॥