क्षेत्रेऽप्रजस्य वै भ्रातुर्मात्रोक्तो बादरायण: । धृतराष्ट्रं च पाण्डुं च विदुरं चाप्यजीजनत् ॥ २५ ॥
ksetre ’prajasya vai bhratur matrokto badarayanah dhrtarastram ca pandum ca viduram capy ajijanat
- ksetre
- in the wives and maidservant
- aprajasya
- of Vicitravirya, who had no progeny
- vai
- indeed
- bhratuh
- of the brother
- matra uktah
- being ordered by the mother
- badarayanah
- Vedavyasa
- dhrtarastram
- a son named Dhrtarastra
- ca
- and
- pandum
- a son named Pandu
- ca
- also
- viduram
- a son named Vidura
- ca
- also
- api
- indeed
- ajijanat
- begot.
Badarayana, Sri Vyasadeva, following the order of his mother, Satyavati, begot three sons, two by the womb of Ambika and Ambalika, the two wives of his brother Vicitravirya, and the third by Vicitravirya’s maidservant. These sons were Dhrtarastra, Pandu and Vidura.