MahabharataDhritarashtra and Gandhari
Dhritarashtra and Gandhari: who Dhritarashtra and Gandhari is in the Mahabharata, in plain words.
The blind king of the Kurus and his queen who chose to be blindfolded for life in solidarity. Dhritarashtra's love for his son blinds him to what is right; Gandhari's grief at the end is among the most moving passages of the epic.
See the whole story in eighteen books and the other characters.
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A retelling in our own words of a story told in many ways across India and Asia. Tellers differ on many episodes. It is not a scholarly translation.