Text 37] Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead 225
tam—that child; si—she (Kunti); atyajat—gave up; nadi-toye—in
the water of the river; krcchrat—with great repentance; lokasya—of the
people in general; bibhyati—fearing; prapitamahah—(your) great-
grandfather; tam—her (Kunti); uvdha—married; panduh—the king
known as Pandu; vai—indeed; satya-vikramah—very pious and
chivalrous.
TRANSLATION
Because Kunti 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 Maharaja Pariksit, your great-grandfather the pious and
chivalrous King Pandu later married Kunti.
TEXT 37
arat I WEN raat THM |
Tag eta AfegA A: Fa? 1211
Srutadevam tu kdariiso
vrddhasarma samagrahit
yasyam abhid dantavakra
rsi-Sapto diteh sutah
srutadevam—unto Srutadevi, a sister of Kunti’s; tu—but; kartisah—
the King of Kariisa; vrddhasarma—Vrddhaéarma; samagrahit—mar-
ried; yasyam—through whom; abhit—was born; dantavakrah—Dan-
tavakra; rsi-Saptah—was formerly cursed by the sages Sanaka and
Sanatana; diteh—of Diti; sutah—son.
TRANSLATION
_ Vrddhasarma, the King of Kariasa, married Kunti’s sister
Srutadeva, 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 Hiranyaksa.
