धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
तस्मिन् प्रविष्टे दुर्धर्षे सृञ्जयान् अमितौजसि ॥
अमृष्यमाणे संरब्धे का वो ऽभूद् वै मतिस् तदा ॥
दुर्योधनं तथा पुत्रम् उक्त्वा शास्त्रातिगं मम ॥
यत् प्राविशद् अमेयात्मा किं पार्थः प्रत्यपद्यत ॥
निहते सैन्धवे वीरे भूरिश्रवसि चैव हि ॥
यद् अभ्यगान् महातेजाः पाञ्चालान् अपराजितः ॥
किम् अमन्यत दुर्धर्षः प्रविष्टे शत्रुतापने ॥
दुर्योधनश् च किं कृत्यं प्राप्तकालम् अमन्यत ॥
के च तं वरदं वीरम् अन्वयुर् द्विजसत्तमम् ॥
के चास्य पृष्ठतो ऽगच्छन् वीराः शूरस्य युध्यतः ॥
के पुरस्ताद् अयुध्यन्त निघ्नतः शात्रवान् रणे ॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
tasmin praviṣṭe durdharṣe sṛñjayān amitaujasi ||
amṛṣyamāṇe saṃrabdhe kā vo 'bhūd vai matis tadā ||
duryodhanaṃ tathā putram uktvā śāstrātigaṃ mama ||
yat prāviśad ameyātmā kiṃ pārthaḥ pratyapadyata ||
nihate saindhave vīre bhūriśravasi caiva hi ||
yad abhyagān mahātejāḥ pāñcālān aparājitaḥ ||
kim amanyata durdharṣaḥ praviṣṭe śatrutāpane ||
duryodhanaś ca kiṃ kṛtyaṃ prāptakālam amanyata ||
ke ca taṃ varadaṃ vīram anvayur dvijasattamam ||
ke cāsya pṛṣṭhato 'gacchan vīrāḥ śūrasya yudhyataḥ ||
ke purastād ayudhyanta nighnataḥ śātravān raṇe ||
[Dhritarashtra:] "When that unassailable, boundlessly mighty one [Drona] entered among the Srinjayas, indignant, inflamed — what was your mood then? Having spoken to Duryodhana, my son who transgressed the shastras, when he entered, immeasurable in spirit — what did Partha undertake? When the hero Saindhava and Bhurishravas were slain, when the greatly resplendent, unvanquished one rushed against the Panchalas — what was on their minds? And who followed that hero-benefactor, best of the brahmanas, and who walked behind him, heroes alongside the brave one who fought there?"
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The blind king again eagerly questions about Drona — but behind the questions already lurks a foreboding of the teacher's end. It is telling that he calls him "varadam dvijasattamam" — benefactor, best of the brahmanas: the king honors the teacher even in his anxiety. The verse teaches that anxiety for a loved one sharpens attention to every detail; and one who dreads loss catches every word of news about the one he fears to lose.