वैशंपायन उवाच
एवम् उक्त्वा धृतराष्ट्रो मनीषी; दैवं मत्वा परमं दुस्तरं च ॥
शशासोच्चैः पुरुषान् पुत्रवाक्ये; स्थितो राजा दैवसंमूढचेताः ॥
सहस्रस्तम्भां हेमवैडूर्यचित्रां; शतद्वारां तोरणस्फाटिशृङ्गाम् ॥
सभाम् अग्र्यां क्रोशमात्रायतां मे; तद् विस्ताराम् आशु कुर्वन्तु युक्ताः ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
evam uktvā dhṛtarāṣṭro manīṣī; daivaṃ matvā paramaṃ dustaraṃ ca ||
śaśāsoccaiḥ puruṣān putravākye; sthito rājā daivasaṃmūḍhacetāḥ ||
sahasrastambhāṃ hemavaiḍūryacitrāṃ; śatadvārāṃ toraṇasphāṭiśṛṅgām ||
sabhām agryāṃ krośamātrāyatāṃ me; tad vistārām āśu kurvantu yuktāḥ ||
Having said this, the wise Dhritarashtra, deeming fate supreme and insurmountable, and standing firm in his son's word, the king — his mind clouded by fate — loudly commanded his people: "Let the appointed craftsmen quickly build me an excellent hall — with a thousand pillars, adorned with gold and vaidurya, with a hundred doors, with crystal spires on its gates, a krosha in length and of the same width."
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"His mind clouded by fate" — this is how the narrator names the king's capitulation. It is telling that Dhritarashtra, who had just spoken wisdom, now "stands firm in his son's word": reason is defeated by bias, and this defeat is charged to "fate." The verse teaches that appealing to destiny is the last refuge of a will that has surrendered: not "I gave in," but "it was so ordained." But the scripture does not vindicate him — it calls this a "clouding," not a decree from above. And the order to build a magnificent hall for a ruinous game reveals an inversion: splendor is raised up for the sake of ruin. Whoever hides his own weakness behind fate slanders providence; for it was not destiny that compelled him, but he himself who renounced the understanding given to him.