Dhṛitaraṣṭra Vaichitravirya : Dhṛitarāṣṭra is Vaichitravīrya, being a son of Vichitravīrya (both are mentioned in the Kāṭhaka recension of the Yajur Veda). He was born to Ambikā, the widow of Vichitravīrya, king of Hastināpūra, by the yogic power of Veda Vyāsa. He was born blind & headstrong because Ambikā, repulsed by Vyāsa’s features, had closed her eyes during the process. Bhīṣma arranged Dhṛitarāṣṭra marriage to Gāndhāri. His attachment to throne & Dūryodhana was one of the root causes of the 18-day civil war at the end of which, he, Gāndhāri, & Kūnti, accompanied Vidura in the forest for tapasyā. All four died there in a flash fire.
... third to the eighth, of the fourth chapter in the Chhandogya Upanishad. The Chhandogya seems to be the most ancient of the extant Upanishads. It speaks of Krishna, son of Devaki, and Dhritarashtra Vaichitravirya in a tone that would justify us in assuming that it regarded them not as ancient and far-off names but as men who had walked the earth in living memory. The movement of philosophic speculation ...
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