Dhritarashtra
Proper noun
Meaning
Dhritarashtra
The king of Hastinapur in the Mahabharata.
Examples
Against his wishes Dhritarashtra orders for another dice game.
Dhritarashtra, Bhishma, and the other elders are aghast at the situation, but Duryodhana is adamant that there is no place for two crown princes in Hastinapura.
The eldest, Ambika, shuts her eyes when she sees him, and so her son Dhritarashtra is born blind.
Dhritarashtra wanted his own son Duryodhana to become king and lets his ambition get in the way of preserving justice.
Pandu then retires to the forest along with his two wives, and his brother Dhritarashtra rules thereafter, despite his blindness.
The blind king Dhritarashtra also obtained divine vision to be able to see this form of Krishna during the time when Duryodana tried to capture Krishna when he came as a peace bearer before the great Mahabharat War.