dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ saha bhrātrā gāndhāryā ca sva-bhāryayā dakṣiṇena himavata ṛṣīṇām āśramaṁ gataḥ
Text
Dhṛtarāṣtṛa, with his wife Gāndhārī, and Vidura, has gone to a hermitage of sages on the south side of the Himālayas.
Purport
Having dispelled his lamentation, he now tells the actual facts to the inquisitive Yudhisthira in six verses. Daksinena means “in the southern direction.”