viduraṁ cāpy ajījanat
mātrokto bādarāyaṇaḥ
dhṛtarāṣṭraṁ ca pāṇḍuṁ ca
viduraṁ cāpy ajījanat
Bādarāyaṇa, Śrī Vyāsadeva, following the order of his mother, Satyavatī, begot three sons, two by the womb of Ambikā and Ambālikā, the two wives of his brother Vicitravīrya, and the third by Vicitravīrya's maidservant. These sons were Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu and Vidura.
Vicitravīrya was without offspring. His mother ordered his brother to produce children. This is supported by scriptural statements. Apatir apaty-lipsur devarād guru prayuktām ṛtumatī: a woman whose husband is dead, desiring offspring can produce a child from her husband’s brother with permission of elders.
|| 9.22.26 ||
gāndhāryāṁ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya
jajñe putra-śataṁ nṛpa
tatra duryodhano jyeṣṭho
duḥśalā cāpi kanyakā
Dhṛtarāṣṭra's wife, Gāndhārī, gave birth to one hundred sons and one daughter, O King! The oldest of the sons was Duryodhana, and the daughter's name was Duḥśalā.
|| 9.22.27-28 ||
śāpān maithuna-ruddhasya
pāṇḍoḥ kuntyāṁ mahā-rathāḥ
jātā dharmānilendrebhyo
yudhiṣṭhira-mukhās trayaḥ
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca
mādryāṁ nāsatya-dasrayoḥ
draupadyāṁ pañca pañcabhyaḥ
putrās te pitaro 'bhavan
Pāṇḍu was restrained from sexual life because of having been cursed by a sage, and therefore his three sons Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma and Arjuna were begotten through the womb of his wife, Kuntī, by Dharmarāja, by the devatā controlling the wind, and by the devatā controlling the rain. Pāṇḍu's second wife, Mādrī, gave birth to Nakula and Sahadeva, who were begotten by the two Aśvinī-kumāras. The five brothers, headed by Yudhiṣṭhira, begot five sons through the womb of Draupadī. These five sons were your uncles.
Pāṇḍu was cursed by a sage in the form of a deer from having sex life. Nāsatya-dasrayoḥ means “by the Āśvini-kumāras.”
|| 9.22.29 ||
yudhiṣṭhirāt prativindhyaḥ
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