Dhritarashtra

Dhritarashtra
The blind king Dhritarashtra listens as the visionary narrator Sanjaya relates the events of the battle between the Kaurava and the Pandava clans.
Personal Information
Affiliation	Kuru dynasty
Weapon	Gada (mace)
Family	Parents: Ambika (Mother) Vichitravirya (Adoptive father) Vyasa (Biological father) Half - Brother Pandu by Ambalika Half-Brother Vidura by Parishrami
Spouse	Gandhari
Children	Sons from Gandhari 100 sons including Duryodhana Dushasana Vikarna Daughter from Gandhari Dushala Sons from Sugadha Yuyutsu
Relatives	Half-brother see Niyoga Shuka (from Vatikā)

Dhritarashtra (Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र, ISO-15919: Dhr̥tarāṣṭra) was a Kuru king, and the father of the Kauravas in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He was the King of the Kuru Kingdom, with its capital at Hastinapura. He was born to Vichitravirya's first wife, Ambika.

Dhritarashtra was born blind.^[1] He fathered one hundred sons and one daughter, Dushala, by his wife, Gandhari and a son, Yuyutsu, by his wife's maid. These children, including the eldest son Duryodhana, but not including Yuyutsu and Dushala, came to be known as the Kauravas.