Text 37] Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
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tam —that child;  sā —she (Kuntī);  atyajat —gave up;  nadī-toye —in the water of the river;  kṛcchrāt —with great repentance;  lokasya —of the people in general;  bibhyatī —fearing;  prapitāmahaḥ —(your) great-grandfather;  tām —her (Kuntī);  uvāha —married;  pāṇḍuḥ —the king known as Pāṇḍu;  vai —indeed;  satya-vikramaḥ —very pious and chivalrous.
TRANSLATION
Because Kuntī feared people's criticisms, with great difficulty she had to give up her affection for her child. Unwillingly, she packed the child in a basket and let it float down the waters of the river. O Mahārāja Parikṣit, your great-grandfather the pious and chivalrous King Pāṇḍu later married Kuntī.
TEXT 37
भुतदेवां तु कारुषो बुद्धशर्मा समग्रहीत् । यस्यामभूद् दन्तवक्त्र ऋषिशसो दितेः सुतः ॥३७॥
śrutadevām tu kārūṣo vṛddhaśarmā samagrahīt yasyām abhūd dantavakra ṛṣi-śapto diteḥ sutaḥ
śrutadevām—unto Śrutadevā, a sister of Kuntī's;  tu —but;  kārūṣaḥ —the King of Karūṣa;  vṛddhaśarmā —Vṛddhaśarmā;  samagrahīt —married;  yasyām —through whom;  abhūt —was born;  dantavakraḥ —Dantavakra;  ṛṣi-śaptaḥ —was formerly cursed by the sages Sanaka and Sanātana;  diteḥ —of Diti;  sutaḥ —son.
TRANSLATION
Vṛddhaśarmā, the King of Karūṣa, married Kuntī's sister Śrutadevā, and from her womb Dantavakra was born. Having been cursed by the sages headed by Sanaka, Dantavakra had formerly been born as the son of Diti named Hiraṇyākṣa.