Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.1.6
SB 3.1.6
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śrī-śuka uvāca yadā tu rājā sva-sutān asādhūn puṣṇan na dharmeṇa vinaṣṭa-dṛṣṭiḥ bhrātur yaviṣṭhasya sutān vibandhūn praveśya lākṣā-bhavane dadāha
Translation
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: King Dhṛtarāṣṭra became blind under the influence of impious desires to nourish his dishonest sons, and thus he set fire to the lacquer house to burn his fatherless nephews, the Pāṇḍavas.