तेन शब्देन महता पूर्णश्रुतिर् अथाब्रवीत् ॥
धृतराष्ट्रो नरश्रेष्ठो विदुरं हृष्टमानसः ॥
क्षत्तः क्षुब्धार्णवनिभः किम् एष सुमहास्वनः ॥
सहसैवोत्थितो रङ्गे भिन्दन्न् इव नभस्तलम् ॥
विदुर उवाच
एष पार्थो महाराज फल्गुनः पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥
अवतीर्णः सकवचस् तत्रैष सुमहास्वनः ॥
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
धन्यो ऽस्म्य् अनुगृहीतो ऽस्मि रक्षितो ऽस्मि महामते ॥
पृथारणिसमुद्भूतैस् त्रिभिः पाण्डववह्निभिः ॥
tena śabdena mahatā pūrṇaśrutir athābravīt ||
dhṛtarāṣṭro naraśreṣṭho viduraṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ ||
kṣattaḥ kṣubdhārṇavanibhaḥ kim eṣa sumahāsvanaḥ ||
sahasaivotthito raṅge bhindann iva nabhastalam ||
vidura uvāca
eṣa pārtho mahārāja phalgunaḥ pāṇḍunandanaḥ ||
avatīrṇaḥ sakavacas tatraiṣa sumahāsvanaḥ ||
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
dhanyo 'smy anugṛhīto 'smi rakṣito 'smi mahāmate ||
pṛthāraṇisamudbhūtais tribhiḥ pāṇḍavavahnibhiḥ ||
Filling the ear with that great sound, Dhritarashtra, best of men, said to Vidura with a joyful heart: "O Kshattar, what is this great loud sound, like a turbulent ocean, suddenly arisen on the arena, as if splitting the vault of heaven?" Vidura said: "This is Partha, O great king, Phalguna, delight of Pandu, who has descended onto the arena in armor — hence this loud sound." Dhritarashtra said: "Blessed am I, favored am I, protected am I, O wise one, by the three fires-the-Pandavas, sprung from Pritha as from the fire-drill."
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Here the blind king rejoices and blesses the Pandavas. Telling is that Dhritarashtra now calls them his "protectors" and three sacred fires (the eldest three Pandavas), sprung from Kunti as fire from the fire-drill: in this hour he truly loves his nephews. Here a bitter contrast appears: the one who now blesses the Pandavas as his protectors will later, blinded by love for his son, allow their ruinous persecution. Telling too is that he "hears" but does not see: his joy over the Pandavas comes only through hearing, just as all his coming indecision will stem from his heart failing to "see" the truth firmly. Thus the scripture preserves the memory of Dhritarashtra's good feeling toward the Pandavas — so that the tragedy of his coming betrayal of dharma may stand out the more starkly.