तं सात्यजन्नदीतोये कृच्छ्राल्लोकस्य बिभ्यती । प्रपितामहस्तामुवाह पाण्डुर्वै सत्यविक्रम: ॥ ३६ ॥
tam satyajan nadi-toye krcchral lokasya bibhyati prapitamahas tam uvaha pandur vai satya-vikramah
- tam
- that child
- sa
- she (Kunti)
- atyajat
- gave up
- nadi-toye
- in the water of the river
- krcchrat
- with great repentance
- lokasya
- of the people in general
- bibhyati
- fearing
- prapitamahah
- (your) great-grandfather
- tam
- her (Kunti)
- uvaha
- married
- panduh
- the king known as Pandu
- vai
- indeed
- satya-vikramah
- very pious and chivalrous.
Because Kunti feared people’s criticisms, with great difficulty she had to give up her affection for her child. Unwillingly, she packed the child in a basket and let it float down the waters of the river. O Maharaja Pariksit, your great-grandfather the pious and chivalrous King Pandu later married Kunti.