श्रीशुक उवाच यदा तु राजा स्वसुतानसाधून् पुष्णन्नधर्मेण विनष्टदृष्टि: । भ्रातुर्यविष्ठस्य सुतान् विबन्धून् प्रवेश्य लाक्षाभवने ददाह ॥ ६ ॥
sri-suka uvaca yada tu raja sva-sutan asadhun pusnan na dharmena vinasta-drstih bhratur yavisthasya sutan vibandhun pravesya laksa-bhavane dadaha
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- yada
- when
- tu
- but
- raja
- King Dhrtarastra
- sva-sutan
- his own sons
- asadhun
- dishonest
- pusnan
- nourishing
- na
- never
- dharmena
- on the right path
- vinasta-drstih
- one who has lost his insight
- bhratuh
- of his brother
- yavisthasya
- younger
- sutan
- sons
- vibandhun
- having no guardian (father)
- pravesya
- made to enter
- laksa
- lacquer
- bhavane
- in the house
- dadaha
- set on fire
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.