तौ दृष्ट्वा पृषती याजं प्रपेदे वै सुतार्थिनी ॥
न वै मद् अन्यां जननीं जानीयाताम् इमाव् इति ॥
तथेत्य् उवाच तां याजो राज्ञः प्रियचिकीर्षया ॥
तयोश् च नामनी चक्रुर् द्विजाः संपूर्णमानसाः ॥
धृष्टत्वाद् अतिधृष्णुत्वाद् धर्माद् द्युत्संभवाद् अपि ॥
धृष्टद्युम्नः कुमारो ऽयं द्रुपदस्य भवत्व् इति ॥
कृष्णेत्य् एवाब्रुवन् कृष्णां कृष्णाभूत् सा हि वर्णतः ॥
तथा तन् मिथुनं जज्ञे द्रुपदस्य महामखे ॥
tau dṛṣṭvā pṛṣatī yājaṃ prapede vai sutārthinī ||
na vai mad anyāṃ jananīṃ jānīyātām imāv iti ||
tathety uvāca tāṃ yājo rājñaḥ priyacikīrṣayā ||
tayoś ca nāmanī cakrur dvijāḥ saṃpūrṇamānasāḥ ||
dhṛṣṭatvād atidhṛṣṇutvād dharmād dyutsaṃbhavād api ||
dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ kumāro 'yaṃ drupadasya bhavatv iti ||
kṛṣṇety evābruvan kṛṣṇāṃ kṛṣṇābhūt sā hi varṇataḥ ||
tathā tan mithunaṃ jajñe drupadasya mahāmakhe ||
"Seeing the two of them, queen Prishati, longing for children, approached Yaja: 'Let these two know no mother other than me.' 'So be it,' said Yaja to her, wishing to please the king. And the brahmins, with satisfied hearts, gave them names: 'For boldness, for exceeding daring, for birth from dharma and from fiery radiance — let this son of Drupada be Dhrishtadyumna.' And they named Krishna 'Krishna,' for she was dark in complexion. Thus that pair was born at Drupada's great sacrifice."
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Here the wondrously born children are received into the family and given names. Telling is the queen's request — that the children know her alone as mother: born of fire, they are adopted by love; motherhood lies in acceptance, too, not only in bearing. Here is a tenderness that embraces even miraculously manifested children as one's own. Telling, too, is the meaning of the names: 'Dhrishtadyumna' — bold and radiant, 'Krishna' — dark; the names express the very nature of those who bear them. The verse thus shows that even beings extraordinarily manifested enter into the human bonds of love; and the pair born of sacrifice gains a mother, names, and a place within Drupada's lineage.