01120001a kRpasyApi mahAbrahman samMbhavaM vaktum arhasi 'O brAhmaNa, it behoveth thee to relate to me everything about the birth of kRpa.
01120001c zarastambhAt kathaJM jajJe kathaJM cAstrANy avAptavAn How did he spring from a clump of heath? Whence also did he obtain his weapons?'
01120002 vaizamMpAyana uvAca 'vaizaMpAyana said,
01120002a maharSer gautamasyAsIc charadvAn nAma nAmataH 'O king, the great sage Gautama had a son named Saradwat.
01120002c putraH kila mahArAja jAtaH saha zarair vibho This Saradwat was born with arrows (in hand).
01120003a na tasya vedAdhyayane tathA buddhir ajAyata
01120003c yathAsya buddhir abhavad dhanurvede paranMtapa O oppressor of foes, the son of Gautama exhibited great aptitude for the study of the science of weapons, but none for the other sciences.
01120004c tathA sa tapasopetasH sarvANy astrANy avApa ha Saradwat acquired all weapons by those austerities by which brAhmaNas in student life acquire the knowledge of Vedas.
01120005a dhanurvedaparatvAc ca tapasA vipulena ca That gautama (the son of Gotama) by his aptitude for the science of weapons and by his austerities
01120005c bhRzaM sanMtApayAmAsa devarAjaM sa gautamaH made indra himself greatly afraid of him.
01120006a tato jAlapadInM nAma devakanyAM surezvaraH
01120006c prAhiNot tapaso vighnaGM kuru tasyeti kaurava
