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sri-suka uvaca
yada tu raja sva-sutan asadhun
pusnan na dharmena vinasta-drstih
bhratur yavisthasya sutan vibandhun
pravesya laksa-bhavane dadaha
SYNONYMS
sri-sukah uvacaSri Sukadeva Gosvami said; yadawhen; tubut; rajaKing Dhrtarastra; sva-sutanhis own sons; asadhundishonest; pusnannourishing; nanever; dharmenaon the right path; vinasta-drstihone who has lost his insight; bhratuhof his brother; yavisthasyayounger; sutansons; vibandhunhaving no guardian (father); pravesyamade to enter; laksalacquer; bhavanein the house; dadahaset on fire.
TRANSLATION
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: King Dhrtarastra became blind under the influence of impious desires to nourish his dishonest sons, and thus he set fire to the lacquer house to burn his fatherless nephews, the Pandavas.
PURPORT
Dhrtarastra was blind from birth, but his blindness in committing impious activities to support his dishonest sons was a greater blindness than his physical lack of eyesight. The physical lack of sight does not bar one from spiritual progress. But when one is blind spiritually, even though physically fit, that blindness is dangerously detrimental to the progressive path of human life.
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