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(Sambhava Parva continued)
"Janamejaya said, 'O sinless one, thou hast
narrated to me from the beginning all about the birth of Dhritarashtra's
hundred sons owing to the boon granted by the Rishi. But thou hast not told me
as yet any particulars about the birth of the daughter. Thou hast merely said
that over and above the hundred sons, there was another son named Yuyutsu
begotten upon a Vaisya woman, and a daughter. The great Rishi Vyasa of
immeasurable energy said unto the daughter of the king of Gandhara that she
would become the mother of a hundred sons. Illustrious one, how is that thou
sayest Gandhari had a daughter over and above her hundred sons? If the ball of
flesh was distributed by the great Rishi only into a hundred parts, and if
Gandhari did not conceive on any other occasion, how was then Duhsala born.
Tell me this, O Rishi! my curiosity hath been great."
"Vaisampayana said, 'O descendant of the
Pandavas, thy question is just, and I will tell thee how it happened. The
illustrious and great Rishi himself, by sprinkling water over that ball of
flesh, began to divide it into parts. And as it was being divided into parts,
the nurse began to take them up and put them one by one into those pots filled
with clarified butter. While this process was going on, the beautiful and
chaste Gandhari of rigid vows, realising the affection that one feeleth for a
daughter, began to think within herself, 'There is no doubt that I shall have a
hundred sons, the Muni having said so. It can never be otherwise. But I should
be very happy if a daughter were born of me over and above these hundred sons
and junior to them all. My husband then may attain to those worlds that the
possession of a daughter's sons conferreth. Then again, the affection the women
feel for their sons-in-law is great. If, therefore, I obtain a daughter over
and above my hundred sons, then, surrounded by sons and daughter's sons, I may
feel supremely blest. If I have ever practised ascetic austerities, if I have
ever given anything in charity, if I have ever performed the homa (through
Brahamanas), if I have ever gratified my superiors by respectful attentions,
then (as the fruit of those acts) let a daughter be born unto me.' All this
while that illustrious and best of Rishis, Krishna-Dwaipayana himself was
dividing the ball of flesh; and counting a full hundred of the parts, he said
unto the daughter of Suvala, 'Here are thy hundred sons. I did not speak aught
unto thee that was false. Here, however, is one part in excess of the hundred,
intended for giving thee a daughter's son. This part shall develop into an
amiable and fortunate daughter, as thou hast desired' Then that great ascetic
brought another pot full of clarified butter, and put the part intended for a
daughter into it.
"Thus have I, O Bharata, narrated unto thee
all about the birth of Duhsala. Tell me, O sinless one, what more I am now to
narrate.'"
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