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 1   1    | According to the Epic, Pandu and Dhrita-rashtra, who was born blind, were
 2   1    |  brothers. Pandu died early, and Dhrita-rashtra became king of the Kurus,
 3   1    |  Duryodhan was the eldest son of Dhrita-rashtra and was jealous of his cousins,
 4   1, 1 |       GATHERING~Wrathful sons of Dhrita-rashtra, born of Kuru's royal race,~
 5   3    |    sacrifice with tributes. King Dhrita-rashtra and his sons, now reigning
 6   3, 1 |          his sacrifice to grace.~Dhrita-rashtra came in gladness unto Indra-prastha'
 7   3, 2 |        sanctified the sacrifice,~Dhrita-rashtra, old and sightless, through
 8   4    |          Duryodhan. The old king Dhrita-rashtra released them from actual
 9   4, 4 |       her spouse and royal lord.~Dhrita-rashtra heard and trembled with
10   4, 4 |   high-destined princess ancient Dhrita-rashtra cried,~"Name another boon
11   4, 5 |        and brave,~Kuru's monarch Dhrita-rashtra, may the gods thy empire
12   4, 5 |       thee well.~Warlike sons of Dhrita-rashtra, let me bid you all farewell!~
13   4, 6 |         streaming fingers shade,~Dhrita-rashtra, ancient monarch, is by
14   7    |         restored to him. The old Dhrita-rashtra and his queen and the aged
15   7, 2 |          and old,~To the sons of Dhrita-rashtra, rulers of the Kuru land,~
16   7, 3 |        Abhimanyu leads the race!~Dhrita-rashtra's sons we conquer and Gandhara'
17   7, 4 |        beseech Duryodhan's grace~Dhrita-rashtra pleadeth vainly, feeble
18   7, 5 |        them all:~"Listen, mighty Dhrita-rashtra, Kuru's great and ancient
19   7, 5 |         their ancient hero-king,~Dhrita-rashtra's lofty edicts will proclaim
20   7, 5 |         once again!~Unto thee, O Dhrita-rashtra! Pandu's sons in homage
21   7, 5 |         and knew,~To his promise Dhrita-rashtra cannot, will net be untrue!~
22   7, 5 |       and land!~Trust me, mighty Dhrita-rashtra! trust me, lords who grace
23   7, 9 |                             IX - DHRITA-RASHTRA'S SPEECH~Tear-drops filled
24   7, 10|         Kuru's undivided kingdom Dhrita-rashtra rules alone,~Let us sheathe
25  11, 1 |   BATTLE-FIELD~Spake the ancient Dhrita-rashtra, father of a hundred sons,~
26  11, 1 |     Henchmen, yoke my royal car,~Dhrita-rashtra meets his princes in the
27  11, 4 |        the sacred rite was o'er,~Dhrita-rashtra and Yudhishthir slowly walked
28 End    |        have figured in the poem.~Dhrita-rashtra retires into a forest with
29 End    |   solitude of the forest the old Dhrita-rashtra sees as in a vision the
30 End    |          called them up. At last Dhrita-rashtra and Gandhari and Pritha
31 End    |     their birth!~This is monarch Dhrita-rashtra who doth o'er Gandharvas
32 Epi    |  reproduce. The old Kuru monarch Dhrita-rashtra, sightless and feeble, but