Text 29] The Descendants of Ajamidha 165

Maharaja Dharma, or Dharmaraja; anila—by the demigod controlling
the wind; indrebhyah—and by the demigod Indra, the controller of rain;
yudhisthira—Yudhisthira; mukhadh—headed by; trayah—three sons
(Yudhisthira, Bhima and Arjuna); nakulah—Nakula; sahadevah—
Sahadeva; ca—also; mdadryam—in the womb of Madri; ndsatya-
dasrayoh—by Nasatya and Dasra, the Asvini-kumaras; draupadyam—
in the womb of Draupadi; patica—five; paticabhyah—from the five
brothers (Yudhisthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva); putrah—
sons; te—they; pitarah—uncles; abhavan—became.

TRANSLATION

Pandu was restrained from sexual life because of having been
cursed by a sage, and therefore his three sons Yudhisthira, Bhima
and Arjuna were begotten through the womb of his wife, Kunti,
by Dharmaraja, by the demigod controlling the wind, and by the
demigod controlling the rain. Pandu’s second wife, Madri, gave
birth to Nakula and Sahadeva, who were begotten by the two
Asvini-kumaras. The five brothers, headed by Yudhisthira, begot
five sons through the womb of Draupadi. These five sons were
your uncles.

TEXT 29

aati acer: yaaa TTT |
AGA GTATT TATA ATS: RS

yudhisthirat prativindhyah
Srutaseno urkodarat

arjundac chrutakirtis tu
§atadnikas tu nakulih

yudhisthirat—from Maharaja Yudhisthira; prativindhyah—a_ son
named Prativindhya; srutasenah—Srutasena; vrkodardt—begotten by
Bhima; arjunét—from Arjuna; Srutakirtih—a son named Srutakirti;
tu—indeed; Satanikah—a son named Satanika; tu—indeed; nakulih—
of Nakula.
