वैशंपायन उवाच
अथ शुश्राव विप्रेभ्यो गान्धारीं सुबलात्मजाम् ॥
आराध्य वरदं देवं भगनेत्रहरं हरम् ॥
गान्धारी किल पुत्राणां शतं लेभे वरं शुभा ॥
इति श्रुत्वा च तत्त्वेन भीष्मः कुरुपितामहः ॥
ततो गान्धारराजस्य प्रेषयाम् आस भारत ॥
अचक्षुर् इति तत्रासीत् सुबलस्य विचारणा ॥
कुलं ख्यातिं च वृत्तं च बुद्ध्या तु प्रसमीक्ष्य सः ॥
ददौ तां धृतराष्ट्राय गान्धारीं धर्मचारिणीम् ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
atha śuśrāva viprebhyo gāndhārīṃ subalātmajām ||
ārādhya varadaṃ devaṃ bhaganetraharaṃ haram ||
gāndhārī kila putrāṇāṃ śataṃ lebhe varaṃ śubhā ||
iti śrutvā ca tattvena bhīṣmaḥ kurupitāmahaḥ ||
tato gāndhārarājasya preṣayām āsa bhārata ||
acakṣur iti tatrāsīt subalasya vicāraṇā ||
kulaṃ khyātiṃ ca vṛttaṃ ca buddhyā tu prasamīkṣya saḥ ||
dadau tāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrāya gāndhārīṃ dharmacāriṇīm ||
Vaishampayana said: "And then he heard from the brahmins about Gandhari, the daughter of Subala — that she, having propitiated the boon-giving god Hara (Shiva), destroyer of Bhaga's eye, had obtained, it is said, a boon: a hundred sons. Having heard this for certain, Bhishma, grandsire of the Kurus, then sent matchmakers to the king of Gandhara, O Bharata. 'Blind!' — this was Subala's hesitation about it; but having weighed with his mind the lineage, fame, and conduct of the Kurus, he gave that virtuous Gandhari to Dhritarashtra."
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Here Gandhari, destined to become the mother of the hundred Kauravas, is sought in marriage. It is telling that the boon of a hundred sons was obtained by her from Shiva through ascetic practice: the coming multitude of Kauravas is from the very start bound up with a vow and the grace of god. Telling too is Subala's hesitation at the word "blind": a father naturally hesitates to give his daughter to a sightless man. But he weighs not the bridegroom's bodily defect but the "lineage, fame, and conduct" of the Kurus — and the greatness of the house outweighs the affliction. Here lies both wisdom and a subtle ambiguity of worldly calculation: the union is made for the sake of the family's glory, but its bitter fruit will be a hundred sons whose blind (like their father) thirst for power will destroy the lineage. It is telling that Gandhari is called "virtuous" (dharmacāriṇī): despite all the coming drama of her sons, she herself is a woman of righteousness. Thus the scripture draws together the threads of the future: austerity, boon, calculation, and fate.