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.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
श्रीशुक उवाच । यदा तु राजा स्वसुतानसाधून् पुष्णन्नधर्मेण विनष्टदृष्टिः । भ्रातुर्यविष्ठस्य सुतान् विबन्धून् प्रवेश्य लाक्षाभवने ददाह
śrīśuka uvāca | yadā tu rājā svasutānasādhūn puṣṇannadharmeṇa vinaṣṭadṛṣṭiḥ | bhrāturyaviṣṭhasya sutān vibandhūn praveśya lākṣābhavane dadāha
SB 3.1.6