According to the Mahabharata, Dhritarashtra's birth was the result of the ancient practice of Niyoga. After Vichitravirya died childless, his half-brother Vyasa fathered children with Vichitravirya's widows to continue the Kuru lineage. Dhritarashtra was born blind to Vichitravirya's elder queen, Ambika.

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