| ‘By sacrificing just one son, do good to this entire clan and the entire world. Ethics says that for the good of the entire clan, sacrifice one person, for the good of a village, abandon a clan, for the good of the country, abandon a village and for the good of the soul, abandon the entire world.’ Even after Vidur and all those great Brahmins said this, King Dhritarashtra, bound by the bond of love for his son, did not do so. O Janamejaya! In this way, King Dhritarashtra had a total of hundred sons. 38-40. |