भीष्मस्तु खलु पितुः प्रियचिकीर्षया सत्यवतीमानयामास मातरं। यामाहुः कालीति
Bhishma, out of desire to please his father, brought Satyavati, whom people call Kali, as his mother.
तस्यां पूर्वं पुराशरात्कन्यागर्भो द्वैपायनः। तस्यामेव शन्तनोर्द्वौ पुत्रौ बभूवतुः चित्राङ्गदो विचित्रवीर्यश्च
In her, before, from the sage Parashara, was born the son Dvaipayana; and in her, Shantanu had two sons, Chitrangada and Vichitravirya.
चित्राङ्गदस्तु प्राप्तराज्य एव गन्धर्वेण निहृतः। ततो विचित्रवीर्यो राजा बभूव
Chitrangada, having attained the kingdom, was slain by a Gandharva; then Vichitravirya became king.
विचित्रवीर्यस्तु खलुकाशिराजस्य सुते अम्बिकाम्बालिके उदवहत्। विचित्रवीर्योऽनुत्पन्नापत्य एव विदेहत्वं प्राप्तः
Vichitravirya married the two daughters of the king of Kashi, Ambika and Ambalika; but Vichitravirya died childless.
ततः सत्यवती चिन्तयामास कथं नु खलु शन्तनोः पिण्डविच्छेदो न स्यादिति
Then Satyavati began to worry, thinking, 'How can there not be a break in Shantanu's lineage?'
साथ द्वैपायनं चिन्तयामास सोऽग्रतः स्थितः किं करवाणीति। तं सत्यवत्युवाच भ्राता तेऽनपत्य एव स्वर्गतः तस्यार्थेऽपत्यमुत्पादयेति
So she thought of Dvaipayana; he stood before her, asking, 'What shall I do?' Satyavati said to him, 'Your brother has gone to heaven without children; for his sake, beget offspring.'
स परमित्युवाच स तत्र त्रीन्पुत्रानुत्पादयामास धृतराष्ट्रं पाण्डुं विदुरं चेति
He agreed, saying, 'So be it,' and there he begot three sons: Dhritarashtra, Pandu, and Vidura.
धृतराष्ट्रात्पुत्रशतं बभूव गान्धार्यां वरदानाद्द्वैपायनस्य तेषां च धार्तराष्ट्राणां चत्वारः प्रधानाः दुर्योधनो दुश्शासनो विकर्णश्चित्रसेनश्चेति
From Dhritarashtra, by Gandhari and the boon of Dvaipayana, a hundred sons were born; among the sons of Dhritarashtra, four were foremost: Duryodhana, Dushasana, Vikarna, and Chitrasena.
पाण्डोस्तु कुन्ती माद्रीति स्त्रीरत्ने बभूवतुः। स मृगयां चरन्मैथुनगतमृषिं मृगचारिणं बाणेन जघान
To Pandu were born two excellent wives, Kunti and Madri. While hunting, he killed a sage engaged in union, who was moving in the form of a deer, with an arrow.
स बाणविद्ध उवाच पाण्डुम्। अत्र श्लोको भवति
Pierced by the arrow, he spoke to Pandu. There is a verse on this.
योऽकृतार्थं हि मां ग्रूर बाणेनाघ्ना मृगव्रतम्। त्वामप्येतादृशो भावः क्षिप्रमेवागमिष्यति
O cruel one, because you have killed me, who had not fulfilled my purpose, with an arrow while I was observing the vow of a deer, a similar fate will soon befall you.
इति मृगव्रतचारिणा ऋषिणा शप्तः। स विषण्णरूपः पाण्डुस्तं शापं परिहरन्नोपसर्पति भार्ये
Thus cursed by the sage who lived as a deer, Pandu, distressed in appearance, refrained from approaching his wives, seeking to avoid the curse.
कदाचित्स आह। स्वचापल्यादिदं प्राप्तवानहम्। पुराणेषु पठ्यमानं शृणोमि नानपत्यस्य लोकाः सन्तीति
Once he said, 'Through my own recklessness I have come to this. I hear in the ancient stories that those without children have no worlds.'
सा त्वं मदर्थे पुत्रानुत्पादयेति कुन्तीमुवाच
Therefore, for my sake, beget sons,' he said to Kunti.
सा कुन्ती पुत्रानुत्पादयामास धर्माद्युधिष्ठिरं मारुताद्भीमसेनमिन्द्रादर्जुनमिति। स हृष्टरूपः पाण्डुरुवाच। इयं ते सपत्नी भवति माद्र्यनपत्या व्रीडिता साध्वी अस्यामपत्यमुत्पाद्यतामिति
Then Kunti begot sons: from Dharma, Yudhishthira; from Vayu, Bhimasena; from Indra, Arjuna. Pleased, Pandu said, 'Here is your co-wife, Madri, who is childless and modest; let a son be begotten in her as well.'
सा कुन्ती तस्यै माद्र्यै तथेति व्रतमादिदेश। ततस्तस्यां नकुलसहदेवौ यमावश्विभ्यां जज्ञाते
Kunti agreed to this for Madri and instructed her in the vow; then, from the Ashvins, Nakula and Sahadeva were born to her.
माद्रीं तु खलु स्वलङ्कृतां दृष्ट्वा पाण्डुर्भावं चक्रे। स तां प्राप्यैव विदेहत्वं प्राप्तः
But when Pāṇḍu saw Mādrī, adorned in all her ornaments, he became overwhelmed; and upon attaining her, he passed away.
ततस्तेन सह चितामन्वारुरोह माद्री। कुन्तीं चोवाच यमयोरार्ययाऽप्रमत्तया भवितव्यमिति
Then Mādrī ascended the funeral pyre with him; she told Kuntī that she, as a noble woman, must remain vigilant for the sake of the sons of Yama.
ततः पञ्चपाण्डवान्सह कुन्त्या हास्तिनपुरं नयन्ति स्म तपस्विनः
After that, the ascetics led the five Pāṇḍavas, together with Kuntī, to Hastinapura.
तत्र भीष्माय धृतराष्ट्रविदुरयोः पाण्डोः स्वर्गगमनं याथातथ्यं निवेदयन्तिस्म तपस्विनः
There, the ascetics truthfully reported Pāṇḍu's ascent to heaven to Bhīṣma, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Vidura.
पाण्डवान्सह कुन्त्या जतुगृहे दाहयितुकामो धृतराष्ट्रात्मजोऽभूत्
Then, the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra desired to burn the Pāṇḍavas, along with Kuntī, in the house of lac.
तांश्च विदुरो मोक्षयामास। ततो भीमो हिडिम्बं हत्वा पुत्रमुत्पादयामास हिडिम्बायां घटोत्कचं नाम
But Vidura rescued them; then Bhīma killed Hiḍimba and begot a son named Ghaṭotkaca on Hiḍimbā.
ततश्चैकचक्रां जग्मुः कुशलिनः। ततः पाञ्चालविषयं गत्वा स्वयंवरे द्रौपदीं लब्ध्वाऽर्धराज्यं प्राप्येन्द्रप्रस्थनिवासिनस्तस्यां पुत्रानुत्पादयामासुर्द्रौपद्याम्
After that, they safely reached Ekacakrā; then, going to the land of the Pāñcālas, they won Draupadī at her svayaṃvara, obtained half the kingdom, and, residing at Indraprastha, begot sons on Draupadī.
श्रुतसेनं सहदेव इति
Śrutasena and Sahadeva were their names.
शैव्यस्य कन्यां देवकीं नामोपयेमे युधिष्ठिरः। तस्यां पुत्रं जनयामास यौधेयं नाम
Yudhiṣṭhira married Devakī, daughter of Śaivya; on her he begot a son named Yaudheya.
भीमसेनस्तु वाराणस्यां काशिराजकन्यां जलन्धरां नामोपयेमे स्वयंवरस्थां। तस्यामस्य जज्ञे शर्वत्रातः
Bhīmasena married Jalandharā, daughter of the king of Kāśi, at her svayaṃvara in Vārāṇasī; on her was born his son Śarvatrāta.
अर्जुनस्तु खलु द्वारवतीं गत्वा भगवतो वासुदेवस्य भगिनीं सुभद्रां नामोदवहद्भार्यां। तस्यामभिमन्युं नाम पुत्रं जनयामास
Arjuna went to Dvāravatī and married Subhadrā, the sister of the blessed Vāsudeva, as his wife; on her he begot a son named Abhimanyu.
नकुलस्तु खलु चैद्यां रेणुमतीं नामोदवहत्। तस्यां पुत्रं जनयामास निरमित्रं नाम
Nakulā indeed married Reṇumatī of the Cedis; on her he begot a son named Niramitra.
सहदेवस्तु खलु माद्रीमेव स्वयंवरे विजयां नामोदवहद्भार्याम्। तस्यां पुत्रं जनयामास सुहोत्रं नाम
Sahadeva, at his own svayaṃvara, married Vijayā, Mādrī's own daughter; on her he begot a son named Suhotra.
भीमसेनश्च पूर्वमेव हिडिम्बायां राक्षस्यां पुत्रमुत्पादयामास घटोत्कचं नाम। अर्जुनस्तु नागकन्यायामुलूप्यामिरावन्तं नाम पुत्रं जनयामास
Bhīmasena had already begotten a son named Ghaṭotkaca on the rākṣasī Hiḍimbā; Arjuna begot a son named Irāvat on Ulūpī, the serpent maiden.