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Dhṛtarāṣṭra Quits Home
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pitari —upon my father;  uparate —falling down;  pāṇḍau —Mahārāja Pāṇḍu;  sarvān —all;  naḥ —us;  suhṛdaḥ —well-wisher;  śiśūn —small children;  arakṣatām —protected;  vyasanataḥ —from all kinds of dangers;  pitṛvyau —uncles;  kva —where;  gatau —have departed;  itaḥ —from this place.
TRANSLATION
When my father Pāṇḍu fell down and we were all small children, these two uncles gave us protection from all kinds of calamities. They were always our good well-wishers. Alas, where have they gone from here?
TEXT 35
सूत उवाच 
 कृपया स्नेहवैक्रन्यात्स्तो विरहकशितः ।  
 आत्मेश्वरमचक्षाणो न प्रत्याहातिपीडितः ॥३५॥
sūta uvāca  
 kṛpayā sneha-vaiklavyāt  
 sūto viraha-karśitaḥ  
 ātmeśvaram acakṣāṇo  
 na pratyāhātipīḍitaḥ
sūtaḥ uvāca —Sūta Gosvāmī said;  kṛpayā —out of full compassion;  sneha-vaiklavyāt —mental derangement due to profound affection;  sūtaḥ —Sañjaya;  viraha-karśitaḥ —distressed by separation;  ātma-īśvaram —his master;  acakṣāṇaḥ —having not seen;  na —did not;  pratyāha —replied;  atipīḍitaḥ —being too aggrieved.
TRANSLATION
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Sañjaya, having not seen his own master, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, due to compassion for his grief and mental condition, could not properly reply to Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.
PURPORT
Sañjaya was the personal assistant of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira for a very long time, and thus he had the opportunity to study the life of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. And when he saw at last that Dhṛtarāṣṭra had left home without his know-