Shloka 2
Adhyāya 60: Devagaṇa–Ṛṣi–Prajāpatīnāṃ Sambhavaḥ
Origins of Divine Classes, Sages, and Progenitors
जनयामास यं काली शक्ति: पुत्रात् पराशरात् कन्यैव यमुनाद्वीपे पाण्डवानां पितामहम्,वेदव्यासजीको सत्यवतीने कन्यावस्थामें ही शक्तिनन्दन पराशरजीसे यमुनाजीके द्वीपमें उत्पन्न किया था। वे पाण्डवोंके पितामह हैं
śaunaka uvāca | janayāmāsa yaṃ kālī śaktiḥ putrāt parāśarāt kanyā eva yamunādvīpe pāṇḍavānāṃ pitāmaham ||
Ugraśravas said: “Kālī—the daughter of the sage Śakti—while still a maiden, gave birth to him (Vyāsa) on an island in the Yamunā through Parāśara. That child became the grandsire of the Pāṇḍavas.”
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the epic’s central figures arise through extraordinary, dharma-guided circumstances: Vyāsa’s birth is presented as providential, establishing a sacred lineage that will shape the moral and historical course of the Bhārata dynasty.
Śaunaka identifies Vyāsa’s origin: Kālī (Satyavatī), described as Śakti’s daughter, bears a son through the sage Parāśara on an island in the Yamunā; that son is later known as the grandsire/ancestor of the Pāṇḍavas.