01114001c AhvayAmAsa vai kuntI garbhArthanM dharmam acyutam 'vaizaMpAyana said, 'O janamejaya, when gAndhArI's conception had been a full year old, it was then that kuntI summoned the eternal god of justice to obtain offspring from him.
01114002a sA balinM tvaritA devI dharmAyopajahAra ha
01114002c jajApa japyaM vidhivad dattanM durvAsasA purA And she offered without loss of time, sacrifices unto the god and began to duly repeat the formula that Durvasa had imparted to her some time before. Then the god, overpowered by her incantations, arrived at the spot where kuntI was seated in his car resplendent as the Sun. Smiling, he asked, 'O kuntI, what am I to give thee?' And kuntI too smiling in her turn, replied, 'Thou must even give me offspring.'
01114003a saGMgamya sA tu dharmeNa yogamUrtidhareNa vai Then the handsome kuntI was united (in intercourse) with the god of justice in his spiritual form
01114003c lebhe putraM varArohA sarvaprANabhRtAM varam and obtained from him a son devoted to the good of all creatures.
01114004a aindre candrasamAyukte muhUrte 'bhijite 'STame And she brought his excellent child, who lived to acquire a great fame, at the eighth Muhurta called Abhijit,
01114004c divA madhyagate sUrye tithau puNye 'bhipUjite of the hour of noon of that very auspicious day of the seventh month (Kartika), viz., the fifth of the lighted fortnight, when the star Jyeshtha in conjunction with the moon was ascendant.
01114005c jAtamAtre sute tasmin vAg uvAcAzarIriNI And as soon as the child was born, an incorporeal voice (from the skies) said,
01114006a eSa dharmabhRtAM zreSTho bhaviSyati na saMzayaH
01114006c yudhiSThira iti khyAtaH pANDoH prathamajaH sutaH 'This child shall be the best of men, the foremost of those that are virtuous. Endued with great prowess and truthful in speech, he shall certainly be the ruler of the earth.
01114007a bhavitA prathito rAjA triSu lokeSu vizrutaH
01114007c yazasA tejasA caiva vRttena ca samanvitaH
01114008a dhArmikanM taM sutaM labdhvA pANDus tAmM punar abravIt
01114009a tatas tathoktA patyA tu vAyum evAjuhAva sA
01114009c tasmAj jajJe mahAbAhur bhImo bhImaparAkramaH And this first child of pANDu shall be known by the name of yudhiSThira. Possessed of prowess and honesty of disposition, he shall be a famous king, known throughout the three worlds.'
