"Devapi, while still a boy, withdrew into the forest, and Shantanu became king; concerning this there is a verse of genealogy: 'Whomever he touches with his hands, though aged, that one gains happiness and becomes young again; therefore they know him as Shantanu' — such is the meaning of the name 'Shantanu.' Shantanu took Ganga Bhagirathi as his wife; by her was born Devavrata, who is called Bhishma. Bhishma, wishing to please his father, took as wife for him Satyavati, who is called Gandhakali, who thus became his stepmother. In her was a maiden's child by Parashara — Dvaipayana [Vyasa]; and by her also Shantanu had two sons — Chitrangada and Vichitravirya. Of these, Chitrangada, not yet having reached youth, was slain by a gandharva, and Vichitravirya became king. Vichitravirya took as wives the daughters of the king of Kashi — Ambika and Ambalika. But Vichitravirya, childless, attained disembodiment [— died]. Then Satyavati thought: 'The line of Dushyanta is being cut off'; she thought of the sage Dvaipayana; he stood before her: 'What shall I do?' She said to him: 'Your brother Vichitravirya has gone to heaven childless; it would be good if you begot offspring for him.' He, saying 'so be it,' begot three sons — Dhritarashtra, Pandu, and Vidura. There, King Dhritarashtra had a hundred sons by Gandhari, through the boon granted by Dvaipayana. Of those sons of Dhritarashtra, four were foremost: Duryodhana, Duhshasana, Vikarna, and Chitrasena."