By his mother Gandhari ever anxious to compass his good, that perverse Duryodhana did not comprehend our words before through his folly. Now he reaps the fruits of his own actions,
गान्धार्या चैव दुर्मेधाः सततं हितकाम्यया। नाबुध्यत पुरा मोहात् तस्य प्राप्तमिदं फलम्॥