Bhashya
अयं मानस्य इत्यादिना मौनमाहात्म्यं प्रश्नेन श्रोतुं प्राह धृतराष्ट्रः—
In plain words
In the words beginning "ayaṃ mānasya…", Dhṛtarāṣṭra now speaks — asking a question so that he may hear the greatness of mauna, silence:—
Close to the Sanskrit
With the passage beginning 'ayaṃ mānasya' and so on, in order to hear, by means of a question, the greatness of silence, Dhṛtarāṣṭra spoke—