The Births of Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura

Verse 1 (1.115.1)

ततः सत्यवती काले वधूं स्नातामृतौ तदा । संवेशयन्ती शयने शनैर्वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

tataḥ satyavatī kāle vadhūṃ snātāmṛtau tadā | saṃveśayantī śayane śanairvacanamabravīt

Vaishampayana said: Then, at the right time, when her daughter-in-law had bathed after her season, Satyavati laid her down on the bed and softly said:

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vaishampayana (Wikisource prints वैशंपायन उवाच before this verse; the input had none).

Verse 2 (1.115.2)

कौसल्ये देवरस्तेऽस्ति सोऽद्य त्वाऽनुप्रवेक्ष्यति । अप्रमत्ता प्रतीक्षैनं निशीथे ह्यागमिष्यति ॥

kausalye devaraste'sti so'dya tvā'nupravekṣyati | apramattā pratīkṣainaṃ niśīthe hyāgamiṣyati

"Kausalya, you have a brother-in-law; he will come to you today. Wait for him attentively; he will come at midnight."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Satyavati (her words to Kausalya; the input had none).

Verse 3 (1.115.3)

श्वश्र्वास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा शयाना शयने शुभे । साऽचिन्तयत्तदा भीष्ममन्यांश्च कुरुपुङ्गवान् ॥

śvaśrvāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā śayānā śayane śubhe | sā'cintayattadā bhīṣmamanyāṃśca kurupuṅgavān

Hearing her mother-in-law's words, she lay on the beautiful bed and thought of Bhishma and the other bulls among the Kurus.

Verse 4 (1.115.4)

ततः सुप्तजनप्रायेऽर्धरात्रे भगवानृषिः । दीप्यमानेषु दीपेषु शरणं प्रविवेश ह ॥

tataḥ suptajanaprāye'rdharātre bhagavānṛṣiḥ | dīpyamāneṣu dīpeṣu śaraṇaṃ praviveśa ha

Then at midnight, when nearly everyone was asleep, the blessed seer entered the chamber while the lamps were burning.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second ≈ 1.100.4cd, where the critical edition reads śayanaṃ for शरणं.

Verse 5 (1.115.5)

ततोऽम्बिकायां प्रथमं नियुक्तः सत्यवागृषिः । जगाम तस्याः शयनं विपुले तपसि स्थितः ॥

tato'mbikāyāṃ prathamaṃ niyuktaḥ satyavāgṛṣiḥ | jagāma tasyāḥ śayanaṃ vipule tapasi sthitaḥ

The truthful seer, appointed first to Ambika, went to her bed, steadfast in his great austerity.

Note on the text: The first line = 1.100.4ab; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 6 (1.115.6)

तं समीक्ष्य तु कौसल्या दुष्प्रेक्षमतथोचिता । विरूप इति वित्रस्ता संकुच्यासीन्निमीलिता ॥

taṃ samīkṣya tu kausalyā duṣprekṣamatathocitā | virūpa iti vitrastā saṃkucyāsīnnimīlitā

Seeing him, so hard to look upon, Kausalya, who was not used to such a sight, thought "How ugly he is!" and in terror shrank back and shut her eyes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 7 (1.115.7)

विरूपो हि जटी चापि दुर्वर्णः परुषः कृशः । सुगन्धेतरगन्धश्च सर्वथा दुष्प्रधर्षणः ॥

virūpo hi jaṭī cāpi durvarṇaḥ paruṣaḥ kṛśaḥ | sugandhetaragandhaśca sarvathā duṣpradharṣaṇaḥ

For he was ugly, with matted hair, dark-skinned, rough and lean, with a smell far from sweet, and altogether hard to approach.

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Verse 8 (1.115.8)

तस्य कृष्णस्य कपिलां जटां दीप्ते च लोचने । बभ्रूणि चैव श्मश्रूणि दृष्ट्वा देवी न्यमीलयत् ॥

tasya kṛṣṇasya kapilāṃ jaṭāṃ dīpte ca locane | babhrūṇi caiva śmaśrūṇi dṛṣṭvā devī nyamīlayat

Seeing Krishna's tawny matted locks, his blazing eyes and his brown beard, the queen closed her eyes.

Note on the text: Corrected बब्रूणि → बभ्रूणि and श्मश्रूमि → श्मश्रूणि (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads babhrūṇi caiva śmaśrūṇi).

Verse 9 (1.115.9)

संबभूव तया सार्धं मातुः प्रियचिकीर्षया । भयात्काशिसुता तं तु नाशक्नोदभिवीक्षितुम् ॥

saṃbabhūva tayā sārdhaṃ mātuḥ priyacikīrṣayā | bhayātkāśisutā taṃ tu nāśaknodabhivīkṣitum

He lay with her, wishing to please his mother; but the daughter of Kashi, out of fear, could not bring herself to look at him.

Note on the text: Corrected संभूव → संबभूव (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, the critical edition reads saṃbabhūva).

Verse 10 (1.115.10)

ततो निष्क्रान्तमागम्य माता पुत्रमुवाच ह । अप्यस्यां गुणवान्पुत्र राजपुत्रो भविष्यति ॥

tato niṣkrāntamāgamya mātā putramuvāca ha | apyasyāṃ guṇavānputra rājaputro bhaviṣyati

When he came out, his mother went up to her son and said: "Will a virtuous prince be born of her, my son?"

Verse 11 (1.115.11)

निशम्य तद्वचो मातुर्व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः । प्रोवाचातीन्द्रियज्ञानो विधिना संप्रचोदितः ॥

niśamya tadvaco māturvyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ | provācātīndriyajñāno vidhinā saṃpracoditaḥ

Hearing his mother's words, Vyasa, the son of Satyavati, whose knowledge reaches beyond the senses, spoke as destiny moved him:

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Verse 12 (1.115.12)

नागायुतसमप्राणो विद्वान्राजर्षिसत्तमः । महाभागो महावीर्यो महाबुद्धिर्भविष्यति ॥

nāgāyutasamaprāṇo vidvānrājarṣisattamaḥ | mahābhāgo mahāvīryo mahābuddhirbhaviṣyati

"He will have the strength of ten thousand elephants; he will be learned, the best of royal sages, greatly blessed, of great valour and great understanding."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vyasa (his answer; the input had none).

Verse 13 (1.115.13)

तस्य चापि शतं पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महात्मनः । किंतु मातुः स वैगुण्यादन्ध एव भविष्यति ॥

tasya cāpi śataṃ putrā bhaviṣyanti mahātmanaḥ | kiṃtu mātuḥ sa vaiguṇyādandha eva bhaviṣyati

"That great-souled one too will have a hundred sons. But because of his mother's fault he will be blind."

Verse 14 (1.115.14)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा माता पुत्रमथाऽब्रवीत् । नान्धः कुरूणां नृपतिरनुरूपस्तपोधन ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā mātā putramathā'bravīt | nāndhaḥ kurūṇāṃ nṛpatiranurūpastapodhana

Hearing his words, his mother said to her son: "A blind man is not fit to be king of the Kurus, O ascetic,"

Verse 15 (1.115.15)

ज्ञातिवंशस्य गोप्तारं पितॄणां वंशवर्धनम् । अपरस्यामपि पुनर्मम शोकविनाशनम् ॥

jñātivaṃśasya goptāraṃ pitṝṇāṃ vaṃśavardhanam | aparasyāmapi punarmama śokavināśanam

"not as protector of his kinsmen and family and the one to carry on the ancestors' line. So on the other wife as well, beget one who will end my grief:"

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick). Speaker set to Satyavati (her speech runs to verse 17; the input had none). The first line = 1.100.12ab; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 16 (1.115.16)

तस्मादवरजं पुत्रं जनयान्यं नराधिपम् । भ्रातुर्भार्याऽवरा चेयं रूपयौवनशालिनी ॥

tasmādavarajaṃ putraṃ janayānyaṃ narādhipam | bhrāturbhāryā'varā ceyaṃ rūpayauvanaśālinī

"beget another son, a younger one, to be lord of men. Your brother's younger wife here is rich in beauty and youth."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 17 (1.115.17)

अस्यामुत्पादयाऽपत्यं मन्नियोगाद्गुणाधिकम् । द्वितीयं कुरुवंशस्य राजानं दातुमर्हसि ॥

asyāmutpādayā'patyaṃ manniyogādguṇādhikam | dvitīyaṃ kuruvaṃśasya rājānaṃ dātumarhasi

"At my bidding, beget on her a child of greater virtue. You must give the Kuru line a second king."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (quote mark, doubled danda). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.100.12cd.

Verse 18 (1.115.18)

स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय निश्चक्राम महायशाः । साऽपि कालेन कौसल्या सुषुवेऽन्धं तमात्मजम् ॥

sa tatheti pratijñāya niścakrāma mahāyaśāḥ | sā'pi kālena kausalyā suṣuve'ndhaṃ tamātmajam

Saying "So be it," the illustrious sage went away. And in time Kausalya gave birth to that son, who was blind.

Verse 19 (1.115.19)

पुनरेव तु सा देवी परिभाष्य स्नुषां ततः । ऋषिमावाहयत्सत्या यथापूर्वमरिन्दम ॥

punareva tu sā devī paribhāṣya snuṣāṃ tataḥ | ṛṣimāvāhayatsatyā yathāpūrvamarindama

Then once more the queen Satyavati, having spoken to her daughter-in-law, summoned the seer as before, O tamer of foes.

Verse 20 (1.115.20)

अम्बालिकां समाहूय तस्यां सत्यवती सुतम् । भूयो नियोजयामास सन्तानाय कुलस्य वै ॥

ambālikāṃ samāhūya tasyāṃ satyavatī sutam | bhūyo niyojayāmāsa santānāya kulasya vai

Calling Ambalika, Satyavati again appointed her son to her, for the continuance of the family.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 21 (1.115.21)

विषण्णाम्बालिका साध्वी निषण्णा शयनोत्तमे । कोन्वेष्यतीति ध्यायन्ती नियतां संप्रतीक्षते ॥

viṣaṇṇāmbālikā sādhvī niṣaṇṇā śayanottame | konveṣyatīti dhyāyantī niyatāṃ saṃpratīkṣate

The virtuous Ambalika sat downcast on the fine bed, wondering who would come, and waited, holding herself in check.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (quote mark). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 22 (1.115.22)

ततस्तेनैव विधिना महर्षिस्तामपद्यत । अम्बालिकामथाऽभ्यागादृषिं दृष्ट्वा च साऽपि तम् ॥

tatastenaiva vidhinā maharṣistāmapadyata | ambālikāmathā'bhyāgādṛṣiṃ dṛṣṭvā ca sā'pi tam

Then, by the same rite, the great seer came to her. He approached Ambalika, and she, on seeing the seer,

Note on the text: This verse = 1.100.15abcd.

Verse 23 (1.115.23)

विवर्णा पाण्डुसंकाशा समपद्यत भारत । तां भीतां पाण्डुसंकाशां विषण्णां प्रेक्ष्य भारत ॥

vivarṇā pāṇḍusaṃkāśā samapadyata bhārata | tāṃ bhītāṃ pāṇḍusaṃkāśāṃ viṣaṇṇāṃ prekṣya bhārata

lost her colour and turned pale, O Bharata. Seeing her frightened, pale and downcast, O Bharata,

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.100.15ef, where the critical edition reads viṣaṇṇā for विवर्णा; the second = 1.100.16ab, with pārthiva for the second भारत.

Verse 24 (1.115.24)

व्यासः सत्यवतीपुत्र इदं वचनमब्रवीत् । यस्मात्पाण्डुत्वमापन्ना विरूपं प्रेक्ष्य मामिह ॥

vyāsaḥ satyavatīputra idaṃ vacanamabravīt | yasmātpāṇḍutvamāpannā virūpaṃ prekṣya māmiha

Vyasa, the son of Satyavati, said these words: "Because you turned pale on seeing my ugly form here,"

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.100.16cd, the second = 1.100.17ab.

Verse 25 (1.115.25)

तस्मादेष सुतस्ते वै पाण्डुरेव भविष्यति । नाम चास्यैतदेवेह भविष्यति शुभानने ॥

tasmādeṣa sutaste vai pāṇḍureva bhaviṣyati | nāma cāsyaitadeveha bhaviṣyati śubhānane

"this son of yours will be pale, Pandu. And that very word, fair-faced one, will be his name."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vyasa (the input had none). Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.100.17cd, the second = 1.100.18ab.

Verse 26 (1.115.26)

इत्युक्त्वा स निराक्रामद्भगवानृषिसत्तमः । ततो निष्क्रान्तमालोक्य सत्या पुत्रमथाऽब्रवीत् ॥

ityuktvā sa nirākrāmadbhagavānṛṣisattamaḥ | tato niṣkrāntamālokya satyā putramathā'bravīt

Saying this, the blessed one, best of seers, went out. Seeing him come out, Satyavati then said to her son:

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.100.18cd, the second = 1.100.19ab.

Verse 27 (1.115.27)

कुमारो ब्रूहि मे पुत्र अप्यत्र भविता शुभः । शशंस स पुनर्मात्रे तस्य बालस्य पाण्डुताम् ॥

kumāro brūhi me putra apyatra bhavitā śubhaḥ | śaśaṃsa sa punarmātre tasya bālasya pāṇḍutām

"Tell me, my son, will the boy to be born here be well-favoured?" And he told his mother in turn of the child's paleness:

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark, doubled danda). Speaker set to Satyavati for her question in the first line (the input had none); the second line returns to the narration. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.100.19cd.

Verse 28 (1.115.28)

भविष्यति सुविक्रान्तः कुमारो दिक्षु विश्रुतः । पाण्डुत्वं वर्णतस्तस्य मातृदोषाद्भविष्यति ॥

bhaviṣyati suvikrāntaḥ kumāro dikṣu viśrutaḥ | pāṇḍutvaṃ varṇatastasya mātṛdoṣādbhaviṣyati

"The boy will be valiant and famed in every quarter; but because of his mother's fault his complexion will be pale."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick). Speaker set to Vyasa (the input had none). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 29 (1.115.29)

तस्य पुत्रा महेष्वासा भविष्यन्तीह पञ्च वै । इत्युक्त्वा मातरं तत्र सोऽभिवाद्य जगाम ह ॥

tasya putrā maheṣvāsā bhaviṣyantīha pañca vai | ityuktvā mātaraṃ tatra so'bhivādya jagāma ha

"He will have five sons here, great archers." With these words he saluted his mother there and went away.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (quote mark, doubled danda). The first line ends Vyasa's words; the second returns to the narration. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 30 (1.115.30)

तं माता पुनरेवान्यमेकं पुत्रमयाचत । तथेति च महर्षिस्तां मातरं प्रत्यभाषत ॥

taṃ mātā punarevānyamekaṃ putramayācata | tatheti ca maharṣistāṃ mātaraṃ pratyabhāṣata

His mother asked him again for one more son, and the great seer answered his mother, "So be it."

Verse 31 (1.115.31)

ततः कुमारं सा देवी प्राप्तकालमजीजनत् । पाण्डुलक्षणसंपन्नं दीप्यमानमिव श्रिया ॥

tataḥ kumāraṃ sā devī prāptakālamajījanat | pāṇḍulakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ dīpyamānamiva śriyā

Then, when her time came, the queen gave birth to a boy marked with pallor, as if glowing with splendour,

Note on the text: This verse = 1.100.21abcd, where the critical edition reads pāṇḍuṃ lakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ.

Verse 32 (1.115.32)

यस्य पुत्रा महेष्वासा जज्ञिरे पञ्च पाण्डवाः । तयोर्जन्मक्रियाः सर्वा यथावदनुपूर्वशः ॥

yasya putrā maheṣvāsā jajñire pañca pāṇḍavāḥ | tayorjanmakriyāḥ sarvā yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ

whose sons, the five Pandavas, were great archers. All the birth rites of the two boys, in proper order,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick). The first line = 1.100.21ef; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 33 (1.115.33)

कारयामास वै भीष्मो ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः । अन्धं दृष्ट्वाऽम्बिकापुत्रं जातं सत्यवती सुतम् ॥

kārayāmāsa vai bhīṣmo brāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ | andhaṃ dṛṣṭvā'mbikāputraṃ jātaṃ satyavatī sutam

Bhishma had performed by brahmins who had mastered the Vedas. Seeing that Ambika's son had been born blind, Satyavati

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 34 (1.115.34)

कौसल्यार्थे समाहूय पुत्रमन्यमयाचत । अन्धोऽयमन्यमिच्छामि कौसल्यातनयं शुभम् ॥

kausalyārthe samāhūya putramanyamayācata | andho'yamanyamicchāmi kausalyātanayaṃ śubham

summoned her son and asked him for another son on Kausalya's behalf: "This one is blind; I want another son of Kausalya, a fortunate one."

Note on the text: Corrected अन्धोयम् → अन्धोऽयम् (missing avagraha: andho 'yam, "this one is blind"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 35 (1.115.35)

एवमुक्तो महर्षिस्तां मातरं प्रत्यभाषत । नियता यदि कौसल्या भविष्यति पुनःशुभा ॥

evamukto maharṣistāṃ mātaraṃ pratyabhāṣata | niyatā yadi kausalyā bhaviṣyati punaḥśubhā

So addressed, the great seer answered his mother: "If Kausalya restrains herself and is once again pure,"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 36 (1.115.36)

भविष्यति कुमारोऽस्या धर्मशास्त्रार्थतत्ववित् । तां समाधाय वै भूयः स्नुषां सत्यवती पुनः ॥

bhaviṣyati kumāro'syā dharmaśāstrārthatatvavit | tāṃ samādhāya vai bhūyaḥ snuṣāṃ satyavatī punaḥ

"a son will be born to her who knows the true meaning of the treatises on dharma." Having reassured her daughter-in-law once again, Satyavati

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (quote mark, doubled danda). Speaker set to Vyasa for the first line (the input had none); the second line returns to the narration. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 37 (1.115.37)

ऋतुकाले ततो ज्येष्ठां वधूं तस्मै न्ययोजयत् । सा तु रूपं च गन्धं च महर्षेः प्रविचिन्त्य तं ॥

ṛtukāle tato jyeṣṭhāṃ vadhūṃ tasmai nyayojayat | sā tu rūpaṃ ca gandhaṃ ca maharṣeḥ pravicintya taṃ

then, in her season, appointed the elder daughter-in-law to him. But she, thinking of the great seer's looks and smell,

Note on the text: This verse = 1.100.22abcd.

Verse 38 (1.115.38)

नाकरोद्वचनं देव्या भयात्सुरसुतोपमा । ततःस्वैर्भूषणैर्दासीं भूषयित्वाऽप्सरोपमाम् ॥

nākarodvacanaṃ devyā bhayātsurasutopamā | tataḥsvairbhūṣaṇairdāsīṃ bhūṣayitvā'psaropamām

did not do the queen's bidding, out of fear, she who was like a daughter of the gods. Instead she adorned a maidservant, lovely as an apsara, with her own ornaments,

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.100.22ef, the second = 1.100.23ab.

Verse 39 (1.115.39)

प्रेषयामास कृष्णाय ततः काशिपतेः सुता । सा तं त्वृषिमनुप्राप्तं प्रत्युद्गम्याभिवाद्य च ॥

preṣayāmāsa kṛṣṇāya tataḥ kāśipateḥ sutā | sā taṃ tvṛṣimanuprāptaṃ pratyudgamyābhivādya ca

and the daughter of the lord of Kashi sent her to Krishna. When the seer arrived, the maid rose to meet him and greeted him,

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.100.23cd, the second = 1.100.24ab, which begins dāsī for सा तं त्व्.

Verse 40 (1.115.40)

संविवेशाभ्यनुज्ञाता सत्कृत्योपचचार ह । वाग्भावोपप्रदानेन गात्रसंस्पर्शनेन च ॥

saṃviveśābhyanujñātā satkṛtyopacacāra ha | vāgbhāvopapradānena gātrasaṃsparśanena ca

with his leave lay down with him and served him with honour, with words and loving gestures and the touch of her body.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark, doubled danda). The first line = 1.100.24cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 41 (1.115.41)

कामोपभोगेन रहस्तस्यां तुष्टिमगादृषिः । तया सहोषितो राजन्महर्षिः संशितव्रतः ॥

kāmopabhogena rahastasyāṃ tuṣṭimagādṛṣiḥ | tayā sahoṣito rājanmaharṣiḥ saṃśitavrataḥ

In the enjoyment of love with her in private the seer found contentment. Having stayed with her, O king, the great seer of strict vows,

Verse 42 (1.115.42)

उत्तिष्ठन्नब्रवीदेनामभुजिष्या भविष्यसि । अयं च ते शुभे गर्भः श्रेयानुदरमागतः । धर्मात्मा भविता लोके सर्वबुद्धिमतां वरः ॥

uttiṣṭhannabravīdenāmabhujiṣyā bhaviṣyasi | ayaṃ ca te śubhe garbhaḥ śreyānudaramāgataḥ | dharmātmā bhavitā loke sarvabuddhimatāṃ varaḥ

as he rose, said to her: "You will no longer be a slave. And this excellent child, fair one, has come into your womb; he will be righteous in the world and the best of all the wise."

Verse 43 (1.115.43)

स जज्ञे विदुरो नाम कृष्णद्वैपायनात्मजः । धृतराष्ट्रस्य वै भ्राता पाण्डोश्चैव महात्मनः ॥

sa jajñe viduro nāma kṛṣṇadvaipāyanātmajaḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭrasya vai bhrātā pāṇḍoścaiva mahātmanaḥ

He was born and named Vidura, the son of Krishna Dvaipayana, brother of Dhritarashtra and of the great-souled Pandu.

Verse 44 (1.115.44)

धर्मो विदुररूपेण शापात्तस्य महात्मनः । माण्डव्यस्यार्थतत्त्वज्ञः कामक्रोधविवर्जितः ॥

dharmo vidurarūpeṇa śāpāttasya mahātmanaḥ | māṇḍavyasyārthatattvajñaḥ kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ

It was Dharma himself who, through the curse of the great-souled Mandavya, was born in the form of Vidura, one who knew the true nature of things and was free of desire and anger.

Verse 45 (1.115.45)

कृष्णद्वैपायनोऽप्येतत्सत्यवत्यै न्यवेदयत् । प्रलम्भमात्मनश्चैव शूद्रायाः पुत्रजन्म च ॥

kṛṣṇadvaipāyano'pyetatsatyavatyai nyavedayat | pralambhamātmanaścaiva śūdrāyāḥ putrajanma ca

Krishna Dvaipayana told all this to Satyavati: how he had been deceived, and how a son had been born to a shudra woman.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 46 (1.115.46)

स धर्मस्यानृणो भूत्वा पुनर्मात्रा समेत्य च । तस्यै गर्भं समावेद्य तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

sa dharmasyānṛṇo bhūtvā punarmātrā sametya ca | tasyai garbhaṃ samāvedya tatraivāntaradhīyata

Having discharged his debt to dharma, he met his mother once more, told her of the conception, and vanished on the spot.

Verse 47 (1.115.47)

एते विचित्रवीर्यस्य क्षेत्रे द्वैपायनादपि । जज्ञिरे देवगर्भाभाः कुरुवंशविवर्धनाः ॥

ete vicitravīryasya kṣetre dvaipāyanādapi | jajñire devagarbhābhāḥ kuruvaṃśavivardhanāḥ

These, then, were born of Dvaipayana in the field of Vichitravirya, radiant as children of the gods, to increase the Kuru line.