The Names of Dhritarashtra's Hundred Sons

Verse 1 (1.131.1)

ज्येष्ठाऽनुज्येष्ठतां तेषां नामानि च पृथक्पृथक् । धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राणामानुपूर्व्यात्प्रकीर्तय ॥

jyeṣṭhā'nujyeṣṭhatāṃ teṣāṃ nāmāni ca pṛthakpṛthak | dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāṇāmānupūrvyātprakīrtaya

Recount to me in due order the names of Dhritarashtra's sons, each one separately, according to their seniority from eldest to youngest.

Verse 2 (1.131.2)

दुर्योधनो युयुत्सुश्च राजन्दुःशासनस्तथा । दुःसहो दुःशलश्चैव जलसन्धः समः सहः ॥

duryodhano yuyutsuśca rājanduḥśāsanastathā | duḥsaho duḥśalaścaiva jalasandhaḥ samaḥ sahaḥ

Duryodhana and Yuyutsu, O king, and Duhshasana; Duhsaha, Duhshala, Jalasandha, Sama and Saha;

Verse 3 (1.131.3)

विन्दानुविन्दौ दुर्धर्षः सुबाहुर्दुष्प्रधर्षणः । दुर्मर्षणो दुर्मुखश्च दुष्कर्णः कर्ण एव च ॥

vindānuvindau durdharṣaḥ subāhurduṣpradharṣaṇaḥ | durmarṣaṇo durmukhaśca duṣkarṇaḥ karṇa eva ca

Vinda and Anuvinda, Durdharsha, Subahu, Dushpradharshana, Durmarshana, Durmukha, Dushkarna and Karna;

Verse 4 (1.131.4)

विविंशतिर्विकर्णश्च शलः सत्वः सुलोचनः । चित्रोपचित्रौ चित्राक्षश्चारुचित्रः शरासनः ॥

viviṃśatirvikarṇaśca śalaḥ satvaḥ sulocanaḥ | citropacitrau citrākṣaścārucitraḥ śarāsanaḥ

Vivimshati and Vikarna, Shala, Satva, Sulochana, Chitra and Upachitra, Chitraksha, Charuchitra and Sharasana;

Verse 5 (1.131.5)

दुर्मदो दुर्विगाहश्च विवित्सुर्विकटाननः । ऊर्णनाभः सुनाभश्च तथा नन्दोपनन्दकौ ॥

durmado durvigāhaśca vivitsurvikaṭānanaḥ | ūrṇanābhaḥ sunābhaśca tathā nandopanandakau

Durmada, Durvigaha, Vivitsu, Vikatanana, Urnanabha and Sunabha, and Nanda and Upanandaka;

Verse 6 (1.131.6)

चित्रबाणश्चित्रवर्मा सुवर्मा दुर्विमोचनः । अयोबाहुर्महाबाहुश्चित्राङ्गश्चित्रकुण्डलः ॥

citrabāṇaścitravarmā suvarmā durvimocanaḥ | ayobāhurmahābāhuścitrāṅgaścitrakuṇḍalaḥ

Chitrabana, Chitravarma, Suvarma, Durvimochana, Ayobahu, Mahabahu, Chitranga and Chitrakundala;

Note on the text: The first line is the second line of CE 1.108.6; the second line is the first line of CE 1.108.7.

Verse 7 (1.131.7)

भीमवेगो भीमबलो बलाकी बलवर्धनः । उग्रायुधः सुषेणश्च कुण्डधारो महोदरः ॥

bhīmavego bhīmabalo balākī balavardhanaḥ | ugrāyudhaḥ suṣeṇaśca kuṇḍadhāro mahodaraḥ

Bhimavega, Bhimabala, Balaki, Balavardhana, Ugrayudha, Sushena, Kundadhara and Mahodara;

Note on the text: The first line is the second line of CE 1.108.7; the second line is not in the critical edition in this form (it shares names with CE 1.108.6 and 1.108.8).

Verse 8 (1.131.8)

चित्रायुधो निषङ्गी च पाशी वृन्दारकस्तथा । दृढवर्मा दृढक्षत्रः सोमकीर्तिरनूदरः ॥

citrāyudho niṣaṅgī ca pāśī vṛndārakastathā | dṛḍhavarmā dṛḍhakṣatraḥ somakīrtiranūdaraḥ

Chitrayudha, Nishangi, Pashi and Vrindaraka, Dridhavarma, Dridhakshatra, Somakirti and Anudara;

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is the second line of CE 1.108.8.

Verse 9 (1.131.9)

दृढसन्धो जरासन्धः सत्यसन्धः सदः सुवाक् । उग्रश्रवा उग्रसेनः सेनानीर्दुष्पराजयः ॥

dṛḍhasandho jarāsandhaḥ satyasandhaḥ sadaḥ suvāk | ugraśravā ugrasenaḥ senānīrduṣparājayaḥ

Dridhasandha, Jarasandha, Satyasandha, Sada, Suvak, Ugrashrava, Ugrasena, Senani and Dushparajaya;

Verse 10 (1.131.10)

अपराजितः कुण्डशायी विशालाक्षो दुराधरः । दृढहस्तः सुहस्तश्च वातवेगसुवर्चसौ ॥

aparājitaḥ kuṇḍaśāyī viśālākṣo durādharaḥ | dṛḍhahastaḥ suhastaśca vātavegasuvarcasau

Aparajita, Kundashayi, Vishalaksha, Duradhara, Dridhahasta and Suhasta, Vatavega and Suvarchas;

Verse 11 (1.131.11)

आदित्यकेतुर्बह्वाशी नागदत्तोऽग्रयाय्यपि । कवची क्रथनः कुण्डी कुण्डधारो धनुर्धरः ॥

ādityaketurbahvāśī nāgadatto'grayāyyapi | kavacī krathanaḥ kuṇḍī kuṇḍadhāro dhanurdharaḥ

Adityaketu, Bahvashi, Nagadatta and Agrayayi too, Kavachi, Krathana, Kundi, Kundadhara and Dhanurdhara;

Note on the text: A different wording of CE 1.108.11.

Verse 12 (1.131.12)

उग्रभीमरथौ वीरौ वीरबाहुरलोलुपः । अभयो रौद्रकर्मा च तथा दृढरथाश्रयः ॥

ugrabhīmarathau vīrau vīrabāhuralolupaḥ | abhayo raudrakarmā ca tathā dṛḍharathāśrayaḥ

the heroes Ugra and Bhimaratha, Virabahu, Alolupa, Abhaya, Raudrakarma and Dridharathashraya;

Verse 13 (1.131.13)

अनाधृष्यः कुण्डभेदी विरावी चित्रकुण्डलः । प्रमथश्च प्रमाथी च दीर्घरोमश्च वीर्यवान् ॥

anādhṛṣyaḥ kuṇḍabhedī virāvī citrakuṇḍalaḥ | pramathaśca pramāthī ca dīrgharomaśca vīryavān

Anadhrishya, Kundabhedi, Viravi, Chitrakundala, Pramatha and Pramathi, and the valiant Dirgharoma;

Note on the text: Only the first line is in the critical edition (first line of CE 1.108.13, which ends dīrghalocanaḥ); the second line is not (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 14 (1.131.14)

दीर्घबाहुर्महाबाहुर्व्यूढोराः कनकध्वजः । कुण्डाशी विराजाश्चैव दुःशला च शताधिका ॥

dīrghabāhurmahābāhurvyūḍhorāḥ kanakadhvajaḥ | kuṇḍāśī virājāścaiva duḥśalā ca śatādhikā

Dirghabahu, Mahabahu, Vyudhora, Kanakadhvaja, Kundashi and Viraja; and Duhshala, the one beyond the hundred.

Note on the text: The first line is the second line of CE 1.108.13 (which reads vyūḍhoruḥ); the second line is the first line of CE 1.108.14.

Verse 15 (1.131.15)

इति पुत्रशतं राजन्कन्या चैव शताधिका । नामधेयानुपूर्व्येण विद्धि जन्मक्रमं नृप ॥

iti putraśataṃ rājankanyā caiva śatādhikā | nāmadheyānupūrvyeṇa viddhi janmakramaṃ nṛpa

These are the hundred sons, O king, and the daughter beyond the hundred. Know that the order of their names is the order of their birth, O king.

Note on the text: The first line is a different wording of the second line of CE 1.108.14; the second line is the first line of CE 1.108.15.

Verse 16 (1.131.16)

सर्वे त्वतिरथाः शूराः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः । सर्वे वेदविदश्चैव सर्वे सर्वास्त्रकोविदाः ॥

sarve tvatirathāḥ śūrāḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ | sarve vedavidaścaiva sarve sarvāstrakovidāḥ

All of them were atirathas and heroes, all skilled in war, all versed in the Vedas, and all masters of every weapon.

Note on the text: The first line is the second line of CE 1.108.15; the second line is a different wording of the first line of CE 1.108.16.

Verse 17 (1.131.17)

सर्वेषामनुरूपाश्च कृता दारा महीपते । धृतराष्ट्रेण समये परीक्ष्य विधिवन्नृप ॥

sarveṣāmanurūpāśca kṛtā dārā mahīpate | dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa samaye parīkṣya vidhivannṛpa

In due time, O king, Dhritarashtra, after careful examination and according to the rule, gave them all wives worthy of them.

Note on the text: Corrected विविवन्नृप → विधिवन्नृप (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition reads vidhivat).

Verse 18 (1.131.18)

दुःशलां चापि समये धृतराष्ट्रो नराधिपः । जयद्रथाय प्रददौ विधिना भरतर्षभ ॥

duḥśalāṃ cāpi samaye dhṛtarāṣṭro narādhipaḥ | jayadrathāya pradadau vidhinā bharatarṣabha

And in due time King Dhritarashtra gave Duhshala, according to the rite, to Jayadratha, O bull of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: A different wording of CE 1.108.18.

Verse 19 (1.131.19)

इति पुत्रशतं राजन्युयुत्सुश्च शताधिकः । कन्यका दुःशला चैव यथावत्कीर्तितं मया ॥

iti putraśataṃ rājanyuyutsuśca śatādhikaḥ | kanyakā duḥśalā caiva yathāvatkīrtitaṃ mayā

Thus, O king, I have duly told you of the hundred sons, of Yuyutsu who made one beyond the hundred, and of the daughter Duhshala.

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).