Vidura's Marriage and Pandu's Longing for Sons

Verse 1 (1.126.1)

अथ पारशवीं कन्यां देवकस्य महीपतेः । रूपयौवनसंपन्नां स शुश्रावापगासुतः ॥

atha pāraśavīṃ kanyāṃ devakasya mahīpateḥ | rūpayauvanasaṃpannāṃ sa śuśrāvāpagāsutaḥ

Then the son of the river heard of a maiden rich in beauty and youth, the daughter of King Devaka by a shudra wife.

Note on the text: Corrected पारसवीं → पारशवीं and सुश्राव → शुश्राव (misprints in Wikisource; स for श — the critical edition reads pāraśavīṃ and śuśrāva).

Verse 2 (1.126.2)

ततस्तु वरयित्वा तामानीय भरतर्षभः । विवाहं कारयामास विदुरस्य महामतेः ॥

tatastu varayitvā tāmānīya bharatarṣabhaḥ | vivāhaṃ kārayāmāsa vidurasya mahāmateḥ

That bull of the Bharatas chose her, had her brought, and had her married to the wise Vidura.

Verse 3 (1.126.3)

तस्यां चोत्पादयामास विदुरः कुरुनन्दन । पुत्रान्विनयसंपन्नानात्मनः सदृशान्गुणैः ॥

tasyāṃ cotpādayāmāsa viduraḥ kurunandana | putrānvinayasaṃpannānātmanaḥ sadṛśānguṇaiḥ

On her, O delight of the Kurus, Vidura begot sons endowed with good conduct and equal to himself in virtues.

Verse 4 (1.126.4)

ततः पुत्रशतं जज्ञे गान्धार्या जनमेजय । धृतराष्ट्रस्य वैश्यायामेकश्चापि शतात्परः ॥

tataḥ putraśataṃ jajñe gāndhāryā janamejaya | dhṛtarāṣṭrasya vaiśyāyāmekaścāpi śatātparaḥ

Then, O Janamejaya, a hundred sons were born to Dhritarashtra by Gandhari, and by a vaishya woman one more beyond the hundred.

Verse 5 (1.126.5)

पाण्डोः कुन्त्यां च माद्र्यां च पुत्राः पञ्च महारथाः । देवेभ्यः समपद्यन्त सन्तानाय कुलस्य वै ॥

pāṇḍoḥ kuntyāṃ ca mādryāṃ ca putrāḥ pañca mahārathāḥ | devebhyaḥ samapadyanta santānāya kulasya vai

To Pandu, by Kunti and Madri, five sons were born from the gods, great chariot-warriors, to carry on the line.

Note on the text: Corrected कृन्त्यां → कुन्त्यां (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign — the critical edition reads kuntyāṃ).

Verse 6 (1.126.6)

कथं पुत्रशतं जज्ञे गान्धार्यां द्विजसत्तम । कियता चैव कालेन तेषामायुश्च किं परम् ॥

kathaṃ putraśataṃ jajñe gāndhāryāṃ dvijasattama | kiyatā caiva kālena teṣāmāyuśca kiṃ param

Janamejaya said: "How were a hundred sons born to Gandhari, O best of brahmins? In how long a time, and what was the full span of their lives?

Verse 7 (1.126.7)

कथं चैकः स वैश्यायां धृतराष्ट्रसुतोऽभवत् । कथं च सदृशीं भार्यां गान्धारीं धर्मचारिणीम् ॥

kathaṃ caikaḥ sa vaiśyāyāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasuto'bhavat | kathaṃ ca sadṛśīṃ bhāryāṃ gāndhārīṃ dharmacāriṇīm

"How was that one son born to Dhritarashtra by the vaishya woman? And how did Dhritarashtra pass beyond Gandhari, a wife worthy of him, who walked in dharma

Note on the text: Aligned by hand with 1.107.4ab–cd of the critical edition.

Verse 8 (1.126.8)

आनुकूल्ये वर्तमानां धृतराष्ट्रोऽत्यवर्तत । कथं च शप्तस्य सतः पाण्डोस्तेन महात्मना ॥

ānukūlye vartamānāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro'tyavartata | kathaṃ ca śaptasya sataḥ pāṇḍostena mahātmanā

"and who lived in obedience to his wishes? And how, when Pandu lay under the curse of that great-souled one,

Note on the text: = 1.107.4ef + 5ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand); the two editions divide these lines differently.

Verse 9 (1.126.9)

समुत्पन्ना दैवतेभ्यः पुत्राः पञ्च महारथाः । एतद्विद्वन्यथान्यायं विस्तरेण तपोधन ॥

samutpannā daivatebhyaḥ putrāḥ pañca mahārathāḥ | etadvidvanyathānyāyaṃ vistareṇa tapodhana

"were five sons, great chariot-warriors, born to him from the gods? Tell me all this, learned one, rich in austerity, in due order and at length;

Note on the text: = 1.107.5cd + 6ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand), which reads yathāvṛttaṃ for यथान्यायं.

Verse 10 (1.126.10)

कथयस्व न मे तृप्तिः कथ्यमानेषु बन्धुषु । ऋषिं बुभुक्षितं श्रान्तं द्वैपायनमुपस्थितम् ॥

kathayasva na me tṛptiḥ kathyamāneṣu bandhuṣu | ṛṣiṃ bubhukṣitaṃ śrāntaṃ dvaipāyanamupasthitam

"tell it, for I am never sated as the story of my kinsmen is told." Vaishampayana said: When the seer Dvaipayana arrived, hungry and weary,

Note on the text: = 1.107.6cd + 7ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand). Wikisource prints the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच between the two lines: the first line ends Janamejaya's question, the second begins Vaishampayana's answer (a variant of CE 1.107.7ab, which reads kṣucchramābhipariglānaṃ); kept as one verse.

Verse 11 (1.126.11)

तोषयामास गान्धारी व्यासस्तस्यै वरं ददौ । सा वव्रे सदृशं भर्तुः पुत्राणां शतमात्मनः ॥

toṣayāmāsa gāndhārī vyāsastasyai varaṃ dadau | sā vavre sadṛśaṃ bhartuḥ putrāṇāṃ śatamātmanaḥ

Gandhari satisfied him, and Vyasa granted her a boon. She chose for herself a hundred sons, each equal to her husband.

Note on the text: = 1.107.7cd + 8ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 12 (1.126.12)

ततः कालेन सा गर्भमगृह्णाज्ज्ञानचक्षुषः ॥

tataḥ kālena sā garbhamagṛhṇājjñānacakṣuṣaḥ

In due time she conceived by Dhritarashtra, whose only eye was wisdom.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this verse as a single line; = 1.107.8cd of the critical edition, which reads dhṛtarāṣṭrād athāgrahīt.

Verse 13 (1.126.13)

गान्धार्यामाहिते गर्भे पाण्डुरम्बालिकासुतः । अगच्छत्परमं दुःखमपत्यार्थमरिन्दम ॥

gāndhāryāmāhite garbhe pāṇḍurambālikāsutaḥ | agacchatparamaṃ duḥkhamapatyārthamarindama

When Gandhari had conceived, Pandu, son of Ambalika, fell into deep sorrow for want of offspring, O tamer of foes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.107.8*1135, lines 1–2).

Verse 14 (1.126.14)

गर्भिण्यामथ गान्धार्यां पाण्डुः परमदुःखितः । मृगाभिशापादात्मानं शोचन्नुपरतक्रियः ॥

garbhiṇyāmatha gāndhāryāṃ pāṇḍuḥ paramaduḥkhitaḥ | mṛgābhiśāpādātmānaṃ śocannuparatakriyaḥ

With Gandhari carrying a child, Pandu, in deep distress, grieved over himself because of the deer's curse and gave up all his rites.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.107.8*1135, lines 3–4).

Verse 15 (1.126.15)

स गत्वा तपसा सिद्धिं विश्वामित्रो यथा भुवि । देहन्यासे कृतमना इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

sa gatvā tapasā siddhiṃ viśvāmitro yathā bhuvi | dehanyāse kṛtamanā idaṃ vacanamabravīt

Having won perfection through austerity, like Vishvamitra on earth, and having resolved to lay down his body, he spoke these words:

Note on the text: Corrected देहान्यासे → देहन्यासे (misprint in Wikisource; the compound is देह + न्यास, as the CE apparatus reads dehanyāse). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.107.8*1135, lines 5–6).

Verse 16 (1.126.16)

चतुर्भिर्ऋणवानित्थं जायते मनुजो भुवि । पितृदेवमनुष्याणामृषीणामथ भामिनि ॥

caturbhirṛṇavānitthaṃ jāyate manujo bhuvi | pitṛdevamanuṣyāṇāmṛṣīṇāmatha bhāmini

Pandu said: "Thus a man is born on earth owing four debts, O lovely lady: to the ancestors, to the gods, to men and to the seers.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 1.111.12 (aligned by hand): here Pandu addresses Kunti, where in the critical edition he speaks to the ascetics.

Verse 17 (1.126.17)

एतेभ्यस्तु यथाकालं यो न मुच्येत धर्मवित् । न तस्य लोकाः सन्तीति तथा लोकविदो विदुः ॥

etebhyastu yathākālaṃ yo na mucyeta dharmavit | na tasya lokāḥ santīti tathā lokavido viduḥ

"One who knows dharma yet does not free himself from these in due time has no worlds hereafter — so those who know the world declare.

Note on the text: Corrected तता → तथा (misprint in Wikisource; तता is not a word here, "so" is required). A variant of CE 1.111.13 (aligned by hand).

Verse 18 (1.126.18)

यज्ञेन देवान्प्रीणाति स्वाध्यायात्तपसा ऋषीन् । पुत्रैः श्राद्धैरपि पितॄनानृशंस्येन मानवान् ॥

yajñena devānprīṇāti svādhyāyāttapasā ṛṣīn | putraiḥ śrāddhairapi pitṝnānṛśaṃsyena mānavān

"By sacrifice a man pleases the gods; by study of the Veda and by austerity, the seers; by sons and shraddha offerings, the ancestors; and by kindness, men.

Verse 19 (1.126.19)

ऋषिदेवमनुष्याणामृणान्मुक्तोऽस्मि धर्मतः । पितॄणां तु न मुक्तोऽस्मि तच्च तेभ्यो विशिष्यते ॥

ṛṣidevamanuṣyāṇāmṛṇānmukto'smi dharmataḥ | pitṝṇāṃ tu na mukto'smi tacca tebhyo viśiṣyate

"By dharma I am freed from my debts to the seers, the gods and men; but I am not freed from the debt to the ancestors, and that one outweighs the others.

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.111.15ab (variant parimukto); the second line differs from 15cd. Aligned by hand.

Verse 20 (1.126.20)

देहनाशे भवेन्नाशः पितॄणामेष निश्चयः । इतरेषां त्रयाणां तु नाशे ह्यात्मा विनश्यति ॥

dehanāśe bhavennāśaḥ pitṝṇāmeṣa niścayaḥ | itareṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ tu nāśe hyātmā vinaśyati

"When the body perishes, the ancestors perish with it — this is certain. But when the other three debts are left unpaid, it is one's own self that is ruined.

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.111.16ab (variant); the second corresponds to the vulgate line in the CE apparatus (1.111.15*1178). Aligned by hand.

Verse 21 (1.126.21)

इह तस्मात्प्रजालाभे प्रयतन्ते द्विजोत्तमाः । यथैवाहं पितुः क्षेत्रे सृष्टस्तेन महात्मना ॥

iha tasmātprajālābhe prayatante dvijottamāḥ | yathaivāhaṃ pituḥ kṣetre sṛṣṭastena mahātmanā

"Therefore the best of the twice-born strive here to gain offspring. Just as I was begotten in my father's field by that great-souled one,

Note on the text: = CE 1.111.16cd (variant) + 17ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 22 (1.126.22)

तथैवास्मिन्मम क्षेत्रे कथं सृज्येत वै प्रजा । स समानीय कुन्तीं च माद्रीं च भरतर्षभः ॥

tathaivāsminmama kṣetre kathaṃ sṛjyeta vai prajā | sa samānīya kuntīṃ ca mādrīṃ ca bharatarṣabhaḥ

"how may offspring be begotten in the same way in this field of mine?" Vaishampayana said: Then that bull of the Bharatas called Kunti and Madri together

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.111.17cd (variant reading). Wikisource prints the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच between the two lines: the first line ends Pandu's words, the second is Vaishampayana's narration (not in the critical edition; found in the vulgate recension, CE apparatus 1.111.21*1181, line 1); kept as one verse.

Verse 23 (1.126.23)

आचष्ट पुत्रलाभस्य व्युष्टिं सर्वक्रियाधिकाम् । उत्तमादवराः पुंसः काङ्क्षन्ते पुत्रमापदि ॥

ācaṣṭa putralābhasya vyuṣṭiṃ sarvakriyādhikām | uttamādavarāḥ puṃsaḥ kāṅkṣante putramāpadi

and told them the reward of gaining a son, which surpasses all rites: in distress, those who are lesser seek a son from a superior man;

Note on the text: Corrected काङ्क्षन्तो → काङ्क्षन्ते (misprint in Wikisource; a finite verb is needed, and ओ is impossible sandhi before प — the CE apparatus line and verse 33 below read kāṅkṣante). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.111.21*1181, lines 2–3).

Verse 24 (1.126.24)

अपत्यं धर्मफलदं श्रेष्ठादिच्छन्ति साधवः । अनुनीय तु ते सम्यङ्महाब्राह्मणसंसदि । ब्राह्मणं गुणवन्तं हि चिन्तयामास धर्मवित् ॥

apatyaṃ dharmaphaladaṃ śreṣṭhādicchanti sādhavaḥ | anunīya tu te samyaṅmahābrāhmaṇasaṃsadi | brāhmaṇaṃ guṇavantaṃ hi cintayāmāsa dharmavit

the good desire from one who is better the offspring that yields the fruit of dharma. Having duly won the two of them over, the knower of dharma thought of a virtuous brahmin from the great assembly of brahmins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.111.21*1181, lines 4–6).

Verse 25 (1.126.25)

सोऽब्रवीद्विजने कुन्तीं धर्मपत्नीं यशस्विनीम् । अपत्योत्पादने यत्नमापदि त्वं समर्थय ॥

so'bravīdvijane kuntīṃ dharmapatnīṃ yaśasvinīm | apatyotpādane yatnamāpadi tvaṃ samarthaya

In private he said to Kunti, his glorious lawful wife: "In this time of distress, take up the task of bringing forth offspring.

Verse 26 (1.126.26)

अपत्यं नाम लोकेषु प्रतिष्ठा धर्मसंहिता । इति कुन्ति विदुर्धीराः शाश्वतं धर्मवादिनः ॥

apatyaṃ nāma lokeṣu pratiṣṭhā dharmasaṃhitā | iti kunti vidurdhīrāḥ śāśvataṃ dharmavādinaḥ

"Offspring, Kunti, is a foundation in the worlds that is bound up with dharma — so the wise who speak of dharma have always known.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Pandu: the verse is his words to Kunti (the input carried Vaishampayana over from the narration; no speaker line is printed).

Verse 27 (1.126.27)

इष्टं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं नियमश्च स्वनुष्ठितः । सर्वमेवानपत्यस्य न पावनमिहोच्यते ॥

iṣṭaṃ dattaṃ tapastaptaṃ niyamaśca svanuṣṭhitaḥ | sarvamevānapatyasya na pāvanamihocyate

"Sacrifices offered, gifts given, austerity practised, vows well kept — none of it, they say, purifies a man here if he has no offspring.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Pandu (his words to Kunti continue).

Verse 28 (1.126.28)

सोऽहमेवं विदित्वैतत्प्रपश्यामि शुचिस्मिते । अनपत्यः शुभाँल्लोकान्नप्राप्स्यामीति चिन्तयन् ॥

so'hamevaṃ viditvaitatprapaśyāmi śucismite | anapatyaḥ śubhām̐llokānnaprāpsyāmīti cintayan

"Knowing this, O you of the pure smile, I see it clearly, and I keep thinking: 'Childless, I shall not reach the blessed worlds.'

Note on the text: Speaker set to Pandu (his words to Kunti continue).

Verse 29 (1.126.29)

अनपत्यो हि मरणं कामये नैव जीवितम् । मृगाभिशापं जानासि विजने मम केवलम् । नृशंसकर्मणा कृत्स्नं यथा ह्युपहतं तथा ॥

anapatyo hi maraṇaṃ kāmaye naiva jīvitam | mṛgābhiśāpaṃ jānāsi vijane mama kevalam | nṛśaṃsakarmaṇā kṛtsnaṃ yathā hyupahataṃ tathā

"Childless, I long for death, not for life. You know of the deer's curse, laid on me alone in the lonely forest, and how by a cruel deed everything has been ruined.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and a quote mark around the first line, and the danda printed after them). Speaker set to Pandu (his words to Kunti continue). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second and third lines are a variant of CE 1.111.26.

Verse 30 (1.126.30)

इमे वै बन्धुदायादाः षट् पुत्रा धर्मदर्शने । षडेवाबन्धुदायादाः पुत्रास्ताञ्छृणु मे पृथे ॥

ime vai bandhudāyādāḥ ṣaṭ putrā dharmadarśane | ṣaḍevābandhudāyādāḥ putrāstāñchṛṇu me pṛthe

"In the teaching on dharma, six kinds of sons are kinsmen and heirs, and six are neither kinsmen nor heirs. Hear them from me, Pritha.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Pandu (his words to Kunti continue).

Verse 31 (1.126.31)

स्वयंजातः प्रणीतश्च परिक्रीतश्च यः सुतः । पौनर्भवश्च कानीनः स्वैरिण्यां यश्च जायते ॥

svayaṃjātaḥ praṇītaśca parikrītaśca yaḥ sutaḥ | paunarbhavaśca kānīnaḥ svairiṇyāṃ yaśca jāyate

"The son one begets oneself; the son begotten on one's wife by a worthy man; the son begotten by a man engaged for a fee; the son of a remarried woman; the son of a maiden before marriage; and the son born of an unchaste woman;

Note on the text: Speaker set to Pandu (his words to Kunti continue).

Verse 32 (1.126.32)

दत्तः क्रीतः कृत्रिमश्च उपगच्छेत्स्वयं च यः । सहोढो ज्ञातिरेताश्च हीनयोनिधृतश्च यः ॥

dattaḥ krītaḥ kṛtrimaśca upagacchetsvayaṃ ca yaḥ | sahoḍho jñātiretāśca hīnayonidhṛtaśca yaḥ

"the son given; the son bought; the son made one's own; the son who comes of his own accord; the son received with a bride already with child; the son of a kinsman's seed; and the son born of a woman of lower birth.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Pandu (his words to Kunti continue). The critical edition reads jātaretāś for ज्ञातिरेताश्च (a recension variant, kept as printed).

Verse 33 (1.126.33)

पूर्वपूर्वतमाभावं मत्वा लिप्सेत वै सुतम् । उत्तमाद्देवरात्पुंसः काङ्क्षन्ते पुत्रमापदि ॥

pūrvapūrvatamābhāvaṃ matvā lipseta vai sutam | uttamāddevarātpuṃsaḥ kāṅkṣante putramāpadi

"Seeing that each earlier kind is lacking, a man should seek a son of the next. In distress men desire a son from an excellent man, or from a husband's brother.

Note on the text: Corrected मत्त्वा → मत्वा (doubled त in Wikisource; the absolutive of मन् is मत्वा, as the critical edition reads matvā). Speaker set to Pandu (his words to Kunti continue). The critical edition reads uttamād avarāḥ for उत्तमाद्देवरात् (a recension variant, kept as printed).

Verse 34 (1.126.34)

अपत्यं धर्मफलदं श्रेष्ठं विन्दन्ति मानवाः । आत्मशुक्रादपि पृथे मनुः स्वायंभुवोऽब्रवीत् ॥

apatyaṃ dharmaphaladaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vindanti mānavāḥ | ātmaśukrādapi pṛthe manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo'bravīt

"Men obtain offspring that yields the fruit of dharma and is better even than one born of their own seed, Pritha — so said Manu, son of the Self-born.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Pandu (his words to Kunti continue).

Verse 35 (1.126.35)

तस्मात्प्रहेष्याम्यद्य त्वां हीनः प्रजननात्स्वयम् ॥

tasmātpraheṣyāmyadya tvāṃ hīnaḥ prajananātsvayam

"Therefore, since I myself lack the power to beget, I now send you forth.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Pandu (his words to Kunti continue). Wikisource prints this verse as a single line; = CE 1.111.32ab (aligned by hand). From here to the end of the adhyaya Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse behind the critical edition's.

Verse 36 (1.126.36)

सदृशाच्छ्रेयसो वा त्वं विद्ध्यपत्यं यशस्विनि । शृणु कुन्ति कथामेतां शारदण्डायनीं प्रति ॥

sadṛśācchreyaso vā tvaṃ viddhyapatyaṃ yaśasvini | śṛṇu kunti kathāmetāṃ śāradaṇḍāyanīṃ prati

"Obtain offspring, glorious one, from a man equal to me or better. Hear, Kunti, this story about the wife of Sharadandayana.

Note on the text: Corrected शारदण्डायिनीं → शारदण्डायनीं (misprint in Wikisource; an extra vowel sign — the wife of Sharadandayana, as the commentary's शारदण्डायनेर्भार्याम् and the critical edition's śāradaṇḍāyanīṃ show). Speaker set to Pandu. = CE 1.111.32cd + 33ab (aligned by hand); the critical edition reads kathāṃ cemāṃ for कथामेतां.

Verse 37 (1.126.37)

या हि ते भगिनी साध्वी श्रुतसेना यशस्विनी । उवाह तां तु कैकेयः शारदण्डायनिर्महान् ॥

yā hi te bhaginī sādhvī śrutasenā yaśasvinī | uvāha tāṃ tu kaikeyaḥ śāradaṇḍāyanirmahān

"Your virtuous and renowned sister Shrutasena was wedded by the great Sharadandayani of Kekaya.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and quote marks around the verse). Corrected अवाह → उवाह and शारदाण्डायनिः → शारदण्डायनिः (misprints in Wikisource; अवाह is no form of वह्, and the name is Sharadandayani — the CE apparatus reads uvāha … śāradaṇḍāyanir). Speaker set to Pandu. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.111.32*1183).

Verse 38 (1.126.38)

सा वीरपत्नी गुरुणा नियुक्ता पुत्रजन्मनि । पुष्पेण प्रयता स्नाता निशि कुन्ति चतुष्पथे ॥

sā vīrapatnī guruṇā niyuktā putrajanmani | puṣpeṇa prayatā snātā niśi kunti catuṣpathe

"That hero's wife, appointed by her husband to bear a son, purified and bathed after her season, went at night, Kunti, to a crossroads,

Note on the text: Speaker set to Pandu. = CE 1.111.33cd (which reads yā vīrapatnī gurubhir niyuktāpatyajanmani) + 34ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 39 (1.126.39)

वरयित्वा द्विजं सिद्धं हुत्वा पुंसवनेऽनलम् । कर्मण्यवसिते तस्मिन्सा तेनैव सहावसत् ॥

varayitvā dvijaṃ siddhaṃ hutvā puṃsavane'nalam | karmaṇyavasite tasminsā tenaiva sahāvasat

"chose a brahmin who had attained perfection, and offered oblations into the fire in the rite for a male child. When that rite was finished, she lay with that same brahmin.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Pandu. = CE 1.111.34cd + 35ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 40 (1.126.40)

तत्र त्रीञ्जनयामास दुर्जयादीन्महारथान् । तथा त्वमपि कल्याणि ब्राह्मणात्तपसाधिकात् । मन्नियोगाद्यत क्षिप्रमपत्योत्पादनं प्रति ॥

tatra trīñjanayāmāsa durjayādīnmahārathān | tathā tvamapi kalyāṇi brāhmaṇāttapasādhikāt | manniyogādyata kṣipramapatyotpādanaṃ prati

"There she bore three sons, great chariot-warriors, Durjaya the first of them. In the same way, fair lady, at my bidding make haste to bear offspring by a brahmin eminent in austerity."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Pandu. = CE 1.111.35cd + 36, aligned by hand.