Vaishampayana said Having seen the two armies placed on the east and the west ready for the fearful fight, the holy Rishi Vyasa, the son of Satyavati, that foremost of all men learned in the Vedas, that grandfather of the Pandavas and the Kurus who knew the Past and the Present and the Future thus spoke in private to the king (Dhritarashtra) the son of Vichitravirya who was then distressed and afflicted with sorrow thinking of the evil propensities of his sons.