Mahabharata 1.60.2 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 60, 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
śaunaka uvāca | janayāmāsa yaṃ kālī śaktiḥ putrāt parāśarāt kanyā eva yamunādvīpe pāṇḍavānāṃ pitāmaham ||
ശക്തിയുടെ പുത്രി കാളി, കന്യാവസ്ഥയിൽ തന്നേ, പരാശരനിലൂടെ യമുനാദ്വീപിൽ ആരെ പ്രസവിച്ചുവോ—അവൻ പാണ്ഡവരുടെ പിതാമഹൻ (വ്യാസൻ) ആകുന്നു।
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.
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