तद् दृष्ट्वा कृपयागृह्णाच्छान्तनुर्मृगयां चरन् । कृप: कुमार: कन्या च द्रोणपत्न्यभवत्कृपी ॥ ३६ ॥
tad drstva krpayagrhnac chantanur mrgayam caran krpah kumarah kanya ca drona-patny abhavat krpi
- tat
- those twin male and female babies
- drstva
- seeing
- krpaya
- out of compassion
- agrhnat
- took
- santanuh
- King Santanu
- mrgayam
- while hunting in the forest
- caran
- wandering in that way
- krpah
- Krpa
- kumarah
- the male child
- kanya
- the female child
- ca
- also
- drona-patni
- the wife of Dronacarya
- abhavat
- became
- krpi
- named Krpi.
While Maharaja Santanu was on a hunting excursion, he saw the male and female children lying in the forest, and out of compassion he took them home. Consequently, the male child was known as Krpa, and the female child was named Krpi. Krpi later became the wife of Dronacarya.