Shloka 5
Ādi-parva Adhyāya 116 — Pāṇḍu’s Transgression of the Curse and Mādrī’s Final Charge
कथं तु सम्भवस्तस्या दुःशलाया वदस्व मे । यथावदिह वितप्रर्षे परं मेडत्र कुतूहलम्,यदि महर्षिने उक्त मांसपिण्डके सौ भाग किये और यदि सुबलपुत्री गान्धारीने किसी प्रकार फिर गर्भ धारण या प्रसव नहीं किया, तो उस दु:शला नामवाली कनन््याका जन्म किस प्रकार हुआ? ब्रह्मर्ष! यह सब यथार्थरूपसे मुझे बताइये। मुझे इस विषयमें कौतूहल हो रहा है
kathaṃ tu sambhavastasyā duḥśalāyā vadasva me | yathāvad iha viprarṣe paraṃ me 'tra kutūhalam ||
Janamejaya said: “Tell me, then, how Duḥśalā came to be born. O best of seers among the brahmins, explain it here exactly as it happened, for I am deeply curious about this matter—if the sage divided the lump of flesh into a hundred parts, and if Gāndhārī, daughter of Subala, did not again conceive or give birth in any other way, then by what means was the girl named Duḥśalā born? Please relate the truth to me.”
जनमेजय उवाच