Дхритараштра
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
महान् अपनयः सूत ममैवात्र विशेषतः ॥
स इदानीम् अनुप्राप्तो मन्ये संजय शोचतः ॥
यद् गतं तद् गतम् इति ममासीन् मनसि स्थितम् ॥
इदानीम् अत्र किं कार्यं प्रकरिष्यामि संजय ॥
यथा त्व् एष क्षयो वृत्तो ममापनयसंभवः ॥
वीराणां तन् ममाचक्ष्व स्थिरीभूतो ऽस्मि संजय ॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
mahān apanayaḥ sūta mamaivātra viśeṣataḥ ||
sa idānīm anuprāpto manye saṃjaya śocataḥ ||
yad gataṃ tad gatam iti mamāsīn manasi sthitam ||
idānīm atra kiṃ kāryaṃ prakariṣyāmi saṃjaya ||
yathā tv eṣa kṣayo vṛtto mamāpanayasaṃbhavaḥ ||
vīrāṇāṃ tan mamācakṣva sthirībhūto 'smi saṃjaya ||
"Great is the wrongful deed, O suta -- mine indeed, here above all; it has now overtaken me, grieving, I think, Sanjaya. 'What has gone, has gone' -- so it had taken root in my mind. What now must be done here -- that I shall do, Sanjaya. But tell me how this ruin of heroes came to pass, born of my own wrongdoing; I have steadied my heart, Sanjaya."
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The blind king finally takes the blame upon himself: "the great wrongful deed is mine indeed." It is telling that he has become "sthirībhūtaḥ asmi" -- steadied, so as to hear it all through to the end: admitting one's guilt gives the strength to face calamity. The verse teaches that the first step out of grief is not "what has gone, has gone," but a direct acknowledgment of one's share in what happened; whoever names his own sin as his own gains the firmness to bear its fruits as well.