पुनर् एव तु सा देवी परिभाष्य स्नुषां ततः ॥
ऋषिम् आवाहयत् सत्या यथापूर्वम् अनिन्दिता ॥
ततस् तेनैव विधिना महर्षिस् ताम् अपद्यत ॥
अम्बालिकाम् अथाभ्यागाद् ऋषिं दृष्ट्वा च सापि तम् ॥
विषण्णा पाण्डुसंकाशा समपद्यत भारत ॥
तां भीतां पाण्डुसंकाशां विषण्णां प्रेक्ष्य पार्थिव ॥
व्यासः सत्यवतीपुत्र इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
यस्मात् पाण्डुत्वम् आपन्ना विरूपं प्रेक्ष्य माम् अपि ॥
तस्माद् एष सुतस् तुभ्यं पाण्डुर् एव भविष्यति ॥
नाम चास्य तद् एवेह भविष्यति शुभानने ॥
इत्य् उक्त्वा स निराक्रामद् भगवान् ऋषिसत्तमः ॥
ततो निष्क्रान्तम् आलोक्य सत्या पुत्रम् अभाषत ॥
शशंस स पुनर् मात्रे तस्य बालस्य पाण्डुताम् ॥
तं माता पुनर् एवान्यम् एकं पुत्रम् अयाचत ॥
तथेति च महर्षिस् तां मातरं प्रत्यभाषत ॥
ततः कुमारं सा देवी प्राप्तकालम् अजीजनत् ॥
पाण्डुं लक्षणसंपन्नं दीप्यमानम् इव श्रिया ॥
तस्य पुत्रा महेष्वासा जज्ञिरे पञ्च पाण्डवाः ॥
punar eva tu sā devī paribhāṣya snuṣāṃ tataḥ ||
ṛṣim āvāhayat satyā yathāpūrvam aninditā ||
tatas tenaiva vidhinā maharṣis tām apadyata ||
ambālikām athābhyāgād ṛṣiṃ dṛṣṭvā ca sāpi tam ||
viṣaṇṇā pāṇḍusaṃkāśā samapadyata bhārata ||
tāṃ bhītāṃ pāṇḍusaṃkāśāṃ viṣaṇṇāṃ prekṣya pārthiva ||
vyāsaḥ satyavatīputra idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||
yasmāt pāṇḍutvam āpannā virūpaṃ prekṣya mām api ||
tasmād eṣa sutas tubhyaṃ pāṇḍur eva bhaviṣyati ||
nāma cāsya tad eveha bhaviṣyati śubhānane ||
ity uktvā sa nirākrāmad bhagavān ṛṣisattamaḥ ||
tato niṣkrāntam ālokya satyā putram abhāṣata ||
śaśaṃsa sa punar mātre tasya bālasya pāṇḍutām ||
taṃ mātā punar evānyam ekaṃ putram ayācata ||
tatheti ca maharṣis tāṃ mātaraṃ pratyabhāṣata ||
tataḥ kumāraṃ sā devī prāptakālam ajījanat ||
pāṇḍuṃ lakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ dīpyamānam iva śriyā ||
tasya putrā maheṣvāsā jajñire pañca pāṇḍavāḥ ||
And again that queen Satya, having instructed her daughter-in-law, summoned the sage as before, she the blameless one. Then by that same rite the great sage united with her; and when he approached Ambalika, she, seeing the sage, distressed, turned pale, O Bharata. Seeing her frightened, pale, distressed, O king, Vyasa, the son of Satyavati, spoke this word: 'Because you turned pale on seeing my ugly form — for that, this son of yours will be pale (Pandu). And his name will be exactly that, O fair-faced one.' Having said this, the lord, the best of sages, departed. Then, seeing him come out, Satya turned to her son; and he again told his mother of that infant's pallor. The mother again asked him for yet another son; and 'so be it' — the great sage answered that mother. Then that queen in due time bore a son — Pandu, endowed with auspicious marks, as if shining with beauty; as his sons were born the five great archer-Pandavas.
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Pandu is born — the father of the Pandavas. Telling is that the second queen's defect too was imprinted upon her child: Ambalika turned pale from fear — and her son was born pale (Pandu). Here is a confirmation of the same law: fear and agitation in the mother at the sacred moment of conception set their mark upon the offspring; purity and fearlessness in the parents are a blessing for the child. And yet it is telling that Pandu, though pale, is 'endowed with auspicious marks, shining with beauty': his defect is lighter, for Ambalika's fear was less than Ambika's revulsion — she turned pale but did not close her eyes. Here a proportion is visible: the measure of a descendant's imperfection matches the measure of the parent's agitation. Most telling of all is the mention of the five Pandavas: from Pandu will come the righteous branch, and among his sons — Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna (friend and devotee of Krishna), and the twins. Here it is shown that providence, despite the defects of conception, leads the line to the birth of the greatest devotees, companions of the Lord Krishna Himself. Thus the scripture, in showing the birth of Pandu, proclaims the coming glory of the Pandavas — the bearers of dharma in this great tale.