वैशंपायन उवाच
निहतं पितरं श्रुत्वा धृतराष्ट्रो जनाधिपः ॥
लेभे न शान्तिं कौरव्यश् चिन्ताशोकपरायणः ॥
तस्य चिन्तयतो दुःखम् अनिशं पार्थिवस्य तत् ॥
आजगाम विशुद्धात्मा पुनर् गावल्गणिस् तदा ॥
शिबिरात् संजयं प्राप्तं निशि नागाह्वयं पुरम् ॥
आम्बिकेयो महाराज धृतराष्ट्रो ऽन्वपृच्छत ॥
श्रुत्वा भीष्मस्य निधनम् अप्रहृष्टमना भृशम् ॥
पुत्राणां जयम् आकाङ्क्षन् विललापातुरो यथा ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
nihataṃ pitaraṃ śrutvā dhṛtarāṣṭro janādhipaḥ ||
lebhe na śāntiṃ kauravyaś cintāśokaparāyaṇaḥ ||
tasya cintayato duḥkham aniśaṃ pārthivasya tat ||
ājagāma viśuddhātmā punar gāvalgaṇis tadā ||
śibirāt saṃjayaṃ prāptaṃ niśi nāgāhvayaṃ puram ||
āmbikeyo mahārāja dhṛtarāṣṭro 'nvapṛcchata ||
śrutvā bhīṣmasya nidhanam aprahṛṣṭamanā bhṛśam ||
putrāṇāṃ jayam ākāṅkṣan vilalāpāturo yathā ||
[Vaishampayana said:] Having heard that [his] father-forebear was slain, Dhritarashtra, lord of men, Kauravya, found no peace, given over to anxiety and grief. While that king incessantly pined in sorrow, the pure-souled son of Gavalgana [Sanjaya] came to him once more. And the son of Ambika, Dhritarashtra, O great king, began to question Sanjaya, who had arrived at night from the camp to the City of the Elephant [Hastinapura]. Having heard of Bhishma's demise, with a joyless heart, longing fervently for victory for his sons, he lamented as one afflicted [with grief].
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Dhritarashtra "found no peace" — and in this first stirring of his heart his whole fate is already contained: he longs not for truth but for "victory for his sons," and so his grief is barren, born of attachment rather than repentance. The contrast is significant: the messenger Sanjaya is "pure of soul," while the king is consumed with anxiety over an unrighteous cause. Grief not turned toward dharma only multiplies torment and brings no peace; one who desires victory where truth has been trampled has found nothing but ceaseless suffering. Thus begins the tale of Drona — with the sleepless pining of one who, even in loss, does not renounce his partial will.