The Birth of Duhshala

Verse 1 (1.130.1)

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राणामादितः कथितं त्वया । ऋषेः प्रसादात्तु शतं न च कन्या प्रकीर्तिता ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāṇāmāditaḥ kathitaṃ tvayā | ṛṣeḥ prasādāttu śataṃ na ca kanyā prakīrtitā

You have told me from the beginning about Dhritarashtra's sons, the hundred born by the seer's grace, but no daughter was mentioned.

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

Verse 2 (1.130.2)

वैश्यापुत्रो युयुत्सुश्च कन्या चैका शताधिका । गान्धारराजदुहिता शतपुत्रेति चानघ ॥

vaiśyāputro yuyutsuśca kanyā caikā śatādhikā | gāndhārarājaduhitā śataputreti cānagha

Now there is Yuyutsu, son of the vaishya woman, and one daughter beyond the hundred. Yet the daughter of the king of Gandhara, sinless one, was declared to be the mother of a hundred sons

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

Verse 3 (1.130.3)

उक्ता महर्षिणा तेन व्यासेनामिततेजसा । कथं त्विदानीं भगवन्कन्यां त्वं तु ब्रवीषि मे ॥

uktā maharṣiṇā tena vyāsenāmitatejasā | kathaṃ tvidānīṃ bhagavankanyāṃ tvaṃ tu bravīṣi me

by that great seer Vyasa of boundless splendour. How is it, then, holy one, that you now speak to me of a daughter?

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

Verse 4 (1.130.4)

यदि भागशतं पेशी कृता तेन महर्षिणा । न प्रजास्यति चेद्भूयः सौबलेयी कथंचन ॥

yadi bhāgaśataṃ peśī kṛtā tena maharṣiṇā | na prajāsyati cedbhūyaḥ saubaleyī kathaṃcana

If the great seer divided the lump into a hundred portions, and if Subala's daughter was not to bear children again in any way,

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

Verse 5 (1.130.5)

कथं तु संभवस्तस्या दुःशलाया वदस्व मे । यथावदिह विप्रर्षे परं मेऽत्र कुतूहलम् ॥

kathaṃ tu saṃbhavastasyā duḥśalāyā vadasva me | yathāvadiha viprarṣe paraṃ me'tra kutūhalam

then how did Duhshala come to be born? Tell me exactly, brahmin seer, for I am very curious about this.

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

Verse 6 (1.130.6)

साध्वयं प्रश्न उद्दिष्टः पाण्डवेय ब्रवीमि ते । तां मांसपेशीं भगवान्स्वयमेव महातपाः ॥

sādhvayaṃ praśna uddiṣṭaḥ pāṇḍaveya bravīmi te | tāṃ māṃsapeśīṃ bhagavānsvayameva mahātapāḥ

That is a good question you have raised, descendant of the Pandavas; I will tell you. The blessed one, great in austerity, himself took that lump of flesh,

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

Verse 7 (1.130.7)

शीताभिरद्भिरासिच्य भागं भागमकल्पयत् । यो यथा कल्पितो भागस्तं तं धात्र्या तथा नृप ॥

śītābhiradbhirāsicya bhāgaṃ bhāgamakalpayat | yo yathā kalpito bhāgastaṃ taṃ dhātryā tathā nṛpa

sprinkled it with cool water and divided it portion by portion; and each portion, as it was formed, O king, he had the nurse

Note on the text: Corrected भागस्तंत → भागस्तं तं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped anusvara and word break, 'each one'; the critical edition's apparatus reads bhāgas taṃ taṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 8 (1.130.8)

घृतपूर्णेषु कुण्डेषु एकैकं प्राक्षिपत्तदा । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे साध्वी गान्धारी सुदृढव्रता ॥

ghṛtapūrṇeṣu kuṇḍeṣu ekaikaṃ prākṣipattadā | etasminnantare sādhvī gāndhārī sudṛḍhavratā

place, one at a time, in the pots full of ghee. Meanwhile the virtuous Gandhari, firm in her vows,

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

Verse 9 (1.130.9)

दुहितुः स्नेहसंयोगमनुध्याय वराङ्गना । नाब्रवीत्तमृषिं किंचिद्गौरवाच्च यशस्विनी । मनसा चिन्तयद्देवी एतत्पुत्रशतं मम ॥

duhituḥ snehasaṃyogamanudhyāya varāṅganā | nābravīttamṛṣiṃ kiṃcidgauravācca yaśasvinī | manasā cintayaddevī etatputraśataṃ mama

the noble lady, dwelt on the love one bears a daughter. Out of reverence the glorious one said nothing to the seer, but the queen thought in her heart: "These will be my hundred sons;

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that Wikisource uses to flag southern additions. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 10 (1.130.10)

भविष्यति न संदेहो न ब्रवीत्यन्यथा मुनिः । ममेयं परमा तुष्टिर्दुहिता मे भवेद्यदि ॥

bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho na bravītyanyathā muniḥ | mameyaṃ paramā tuṣṭirduhitā me bhavedyadi

of that there is no doubt, for the sage does not speak falsely. But my greatest joy would be to have a daughter,

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

Verse 11 (1.130.11)

एका शताधिका बाला भविष्यति कनीयसी । ततो दौहित्रजाल्लोकादबाह्योऽसौ पतिर्मम ॥

ekā śatādhikā bālā bhaviṣyati kanīyasī | tato dauhitrajāllokādabāhyo'sau patirmama

one girl beyond the hundred, the youngest of them. Then my husband would not be shut out of the worlds that a daughter's son wins.

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

Verse 12 (1.130.12)

अधिका किल नारीणां प्रीतिर्जामातृजा भवेत् । यदि नाम ममापि स्याद्दुहितैका शताधिका ॥

adhikā kila nārīṇāṃ prītirjāmātṛjā bhavet | yadi nāma mamāpi syādduhitaikā śatādhikā

Women, they say, feel a special affection for a son-in-law. If only I too might have one daughter beyond the hundred,

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

Verse 13 (1.130.13)

कृतकृत्या भवेयं वै पुत्रदौहित्रसंवृता । यदि सत्यं तपस्तप्तं दत्तं वाऽप्यथवा हुतम् ॥

kṛtakṛtyā bhaveyaṃ vai putradauhitrasaṃvṛtā | yadi satyaṃ tapastaptaṃ dattaṃ vā'pyathavā hutam

I would be fulfilled, surrounded by sons and daughter's sons. If I have truly practised austerity, given gifts or made offerings in the fire,

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

Verse 14 (1.130.14)

गुरवस्तोषिता वापि तथाऽस्तु दुहिता मम । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु कृष्णद्वैपायनः स्वयम् ॥

guravastoṣitā vāpi tathā'stu duhitā mama | etasminneva kāle tu kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ svayam

or pleased my elders, then let me have a daughter." At that very time Krishna Dvaipayana himself,

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

Verse 15 (1.130.15)

व्यभजत्स तदा पेशीं भगवानृषिसत्तमः । गण्यमानेषु कुण्डेषु शते पूर्णे महात्मना ॥

vyabhajatsa tadā peśīṃ bhagavānṛṣisattamaḥ | gaṇyamāneṣu kuṇḍeṣu śate pūrṇe mahātmanā

the blessed one, best of seers, was dividing the lump. As the pots were being counted, when the great soul had filled a hundred,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that Wikisource uses to flag southern additions. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 16 (1.130.16)

अभवच्चापरं खण्डं वामहस्ते तदा किल । गणयित्वा शतं पूर्णमंशानामाह सौबलीम् ॥

abhavaccāparaṃ khaṇḍaṃ vāmahaste tadā kila | gaṇayitvā śataṃ pūrṇamaṃśānāmāha saubalīm

one more piece, it is said, was left in his left hand. Having counted the full hundred portions, he said to Subala's daughter:

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that Wikisource uses to flag southern additions. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 17 (1.130.17)

पूर्णं पुत्रशतं त्वेतन्न मिथ्या वागुदाहृता । दैवयोगाच्च भागैकः परिशिष्टः शतात्परः ॥

pūrṇaṃ putraśataṃ tvetanna mithyā vāgudāhṛtā | daivayogācca bhāgaikaḥ pariśiṣṭaḥ śatātparaḥ

"Here are your hundred sons in full; what I said was not false. And by the working of fate one portion is left over beyond the hundred.

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

Verse 18 (1.130.18)

एषा ते सुभगा कन्या भविष्यति यथेप्सिता । ततोऽन्यं घृतकुम्भं च समानाय्य महातपाः ॥

eṣā te subhagā kanyā bhaviṣyati yathepsitā | tato'nyaṃ ghṛtakumbhaṃ ca samānāyya mahātapāḥ

This will be your fortunate daughter, as you wished." Then the great ascetic had another jar of ghee brought,

Note on the text: Corrected यतेप्सिता → यथेप्सिता (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; yathepsitā, 'as you wished', in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Wikisource marks a change of speaker (वैशंपायन उवाच) before the second line; kept as one verse under Vyasa, with the second line translated as narration.

Verse 19 (1.130.19)

तं चापि प्राक्षिपत्तत्र कन्याभागं तपोधनः । संभूता चैव कालेन सर्वेषां च यवीयसी ॥

taṃ cāpi prākṣipattatra kanyābhāgaṃ tapodhanaḥ | saṃbhūtā caiva kālena sarveṣāṃ ca yavīyasī

and the seer rich in austerity placed the daughter's portion in it. In time she was born, the youngest of them all.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that Wikisource uses to flag southern additions. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 20 (1.130.20)

एतत्ते कथितं राजन्दुःशलाजन्म भारत । ब्रूहि राजेन्द्र किं भूयो वर्तयिष्यामि तेऽनघ ॥

etatte kathitaṃ rājanduḥśalājanma bhārata | brūhi rājendra kiṃ bhūyo vartayiṣyāmi te'nagha

This, O king, descendant of Bharata, is the birth of Duhshala as I have told it to you. Tell me, lord of kings, sinless one, what more shall I relate to you?

Note on the text: Corrected ऐतत्ते → एतत्ते (misprint in Wikisource; ऐ for ए; the critical edition's apparatus reads etat te). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).