Shloka 10
धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा—व्यासोपदेशः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Collapse and Vyāsa’s Counsel
तथैवाहं करिष्यामि अद्यैव द्विजसत्तम । इत्युक्त्वा तु महात्मानं पितरं ब्रह्मुवित्तमम्,'द्विजश्रेष्ठ] इसलिये आज ही मैं अपने प्राणोंका परित्याग कर दूँगा।” अपने ब्रह्मवेत्ता पिता महात्मा व्यासजीसे ऐसा कहकर राजा धृतराष्ट्र अत्यन्त शोकमें डूब गये और सुध-बुध खो बैठे। राजन! पुत्रोंका ही चिन्तन करते हुए वे बूढ़े नरेश वहाँ मौन होकर बैठे रह गये
tathaivāhaṃ kariṣyāmi adyaiva dvijasattama | ity uktvā tu mahātmānaṃ pitaraṃ brahmavittamam ||
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच— तथैवाहं करिष्यामि अद्यैव द्विजसत्तम । इत्युक्त्वा तु महात्मानं पितरं ब्रह्मवित्तमम् । धृतराष्ट्रः शोकसन्तप्तो मोहं परममागतः ॥ पुत्रान् एव स्मरन् वृद्धो नृपोऽसौ तूष्णीं तत्रोपाविशत् ॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how overwhelming attachment and bereavement can destabilize judgment, and it implicitly points to the need for steadiness (dhairya) and dharmic restraint even amid catastrophic loss—especially for a ruler whose inner state affects the realm.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, speaking to his father Vyāsa (addressed as a supreme Brahmin and knower of Brahman), declares he will act immediately—contextually, a resolve toward giving up life. After saying this, he is consumed by sorrow, loses awareness, and sits silently, fixated on his dead sons.