Having wept for a while, he washed his eyes and his face with water according to rules, He then said sweetly to Dhritarashtra'Nothing is unknown to you, O Bharata, about the past and the future. You are wellacquainted, O lord, with the course of time.
स मुहूर्तादिवोत्सृज्य बाष्पं शोकसमुद्भवम्॥ प्रक्षाल्य वारिणा नेत्रे ह्याचम्य च यथाविधि। उवाच प्रस्तुतं वाक्यं धृतराष्ट्रमरिंदमः॥ न तेऽस्त्यविदितं किंचिद् वृद्धस्य तव भारत। कालस्य च यथावृत्तं तत् ते सुविदितं प्रभो॥