 | Book 1 Chapter 107
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ putraśataṃ jajñe gāndhāryāṃ janamejaya
dhṛtarāṣṭrasya vaiśyāyām ekaś cāpi śatāt paraḥ
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| 2 | pāṇḍoḥ kuntyāṃ ca mādryāṃ ca pañca putrā mahārathāḥ
devebhyaḥ samapadyanta saṃtānāya kulasya vai
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| 3 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 3 | kathaṃ putraśataṃ jajñe gāndhāryāṃ dvijasattama
kiyatā caiva kālena teṣām āyuś ca kiṃ param
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| 4 | kathaṃ caikaḥ sa vaiśyāyāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasuto 'bhavat
kathaṃ ca sadṛśīṃ bhāryāṃ gāndhārīṃ dharmacāriṇīm
ānukūlye vartamānāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro 'tyavartata
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| 5 | kathaṃ ca śaptasya sataḥ pāṇḍos tena mahātmanā
samutpannā daivatebhyaḥ pañca putrā mahārathāḥ
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| 6 | etad vidvan yathāvṛttaṃ vistareṇa tapodhana
kathayasva na me tṛptiḥ kathyamāneṣu bandhuṣu
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| 7 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 7 | kṣucchramābhipariglānaṃ dvaipāyanam upasthitam
toṣayām āsa gāndhārī vyāsas tasyai varaṃ dadau
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| 8 | sā vavre sadṛśaṃ bhartuḥ putrāṇāṃ śatam ātmanaḥ
tataḥ kālena sā garbhaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrād athāgrahīt
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| 9 | saṃvatsaradvayaṃ taṃ tu gāndhārī garbham āhitam
aprajā dhārayām āsa tatas tāṃ duḥkham āviśat
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| 10 | śrutvā kuntīsutaṃ jātaṃ bālārkasamatejasam
udarasyātmanaḥ sthairyam upalabhyānvacintayat
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| 11 | ajñātaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya yatnena mahatā tataḥ
sodaraṃ pātayām āsa gāndhārī duḥkhamūrcchitā
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| 12 | tato jajñe māṃsapeśī lohāṣṭhīleva saṃhatā
dvivarṣasaṃbhṛtāṃ kukṣau tām utsraṣṭuṃ pracakrame
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| 13 | atha dvaipāyano jñātvā tvaritaḥ samupāgamat
tāṃ sa māṃsamayīṃ peśīṃ dadarśa japatāṃ varaḥ
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| 14 | tato 'bravīt saubaleyīṃ kim idaṃ te cikīrṣitam
sā cātmano mataṃ satyaṃ śaśaṃsa paramarṣaye
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| 15 | jyeṣṭhaṃ kuntīsutaṃ jātaṃ śrutvā ravisamaprabham
duḥkhena parameṇedam udaraṃ pātitaṃ mayā
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| 16 | śataṃ ca kila putrāṇāṃ vitīrṇaṃ me tvayā purā
iyaṃ ca me māṃsapeśī jātā putraśatāya vai
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| 17 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 17 | evam etat saubaleyi naitaj jātv anyathā bhavet
vitathaṃ noktapūrvaṃ me svaireṣv api kuto 'nyathā
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| 18 | ghṛtapūrṇaṃ kuṇḍaśataṃ kṣipram eva vidhīyatām
śītābhir adbhir aṣṭhīlām imāṃ ca pariṣiñcata
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| 19 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 19 | sā sicyamānā aṣṭhīlā abhavac chatadhā tadā
aṅguṣṭhaparvamātrāṇāṃ garbhāṇāṃ pṛthag eva tu
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| 20 | ekādhikaśataṃ pūrṇaṃ yathāyogaṃ viśāṃ pate
māṃsapeśyās tadā rājan kramaśaḥ kālaparyayāt
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| 21 | tatas tāṃs teṣu kuṇḍeṣu garbhān avadadhe tadā
svanugupteṣu deśeṣu rakṣāṃ ca vyadadhāt tataḥ
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| 22 | śaśāsa caiva bhagavān kālenaitāvatā punaḥ
vighaṭṭanīyāny etāni kuṇḍānīti sma saubalīm
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| 23 | ity uktvā bhagavān vyāsas tathā pratividhāya ca
jagāma tapase dhīmān himavantaṃ śiloccayam
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| 24 | jajñe krameṇa caitena teṣāṃ duryodhano nṛpaḥ
janmatas tu pramāṇena jyeṣṭho rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 25 | jātamātre sute tasmin dhṛtarāṣṭro 'bravīd idam
samānīya bahūn viprān bhīṣmaṃ viduram eva ca
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| 26 | yudhiṣṭhiro rājaputro jyeṣṭho naḥ kulavardhanaḥ
prāptaḥ svaguṇato rājyaṃ na tasmin vācyam asti naḥ
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| 27 | ayaṃ tv anantaras tasmād api rājā bhaviṣyati
etad dhi brūta me satyaṃ yad atra bhavitā dhruvam
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| 28 | vākyasyaitasya nidhane dikṣu sarvāsu bhārata
kravyādāḥ prāṇadan ghorāḥ śivāś cāśivaśaṃsinaḥ
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| 29 | lakṣayitvā nimittāni tāni ghorāṇi sarvaśaḥ
te 'bruvan brāhmaṇā rājan viduraś ca mahāmatiḥ
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| 30 | vyaktaṃ kulāntakaraṇo bhavitaiṣa sutas tava
tasya śāntiḥ parityāge puṣṭyā tv apanayo mahān
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| 31 | śatam ekonam apy astu putrāṇāṃ te mahīpate
ekena kuru vai kṣemaṃ lokasya ca kulasya ca
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| 32 | tyajed ekaṃ kulasyārthe grāmasyārthe kulaṃ tyajet
grāmaṃ janapadasyārthe ātmārthe pṛthivīṃ tyajet
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| 33 | sa tathā vidureṇoktas taiś ca sarvair dvijottamaiḥ
na cakāra tathā rājā putrasnehasamanvitaḥ
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| 34 | tataḥ putraśataṃ sarvaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya pārthiva
māsamātreṇa saṃjajñe kanyā caikā śatādhikā
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| 35 | gāndhāryāṃ kliśyamānāyām udareṇa vivardhatā
dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ mahābāhuṃ vaiśyā paryacarat kila
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| 36 | tasmin saṃvatsare rājan dhṛtarāṣṭrān mahāyaśāḥ
jajñe dhīmāṃs tatas tasyāṃ yuyutsuḥ karaṇo nṛpa
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| 37 | evaṃ putraśataṃ jajñe dhṛtarāṣṭrasya dhīmataḥ
mahārathānāṃ vīrāṇāṃ kanyā caikātha duḥśalā
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