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विचित्रवीर्यसुतोत्पत्ति (vicitravIryasutotpatti)

 
Mahabharata
English
[Vicitravīryasutotpatti(ḥ)]
(“begetting of sons for Vicitravīrya”). § 171 (cf. Bhīshma-Satyavatī-saṃvāda). Satyavatī related to Bhīshma the birth of Dvaipāyana (cf. § 77
from the darkness of his skin he is also called Kṛshṇa (v. 4236)), who instantly came when Kālī (i.e. Satyavatī) thought of him, and promised to raise offspring in the widows of Vicitravīrya. As there was no time for them to observe a rigid vow for one full year, he ordered that they should tolerate his ugliness. Satyavatī first addressed herself to Kausalyā (i.e. Ambikā) and fed brahmans, devarshis, and guests (I, 105). Ambikā, seeing Vyāsa, closed her eyes in fear
therefore her son, though he was destined to be mighty, etc., and to have 100 sons, had to be blind. After his (i.e. Dhṛtarāshṭra's) birth, Vyāsa approached Ambālikā, who became pale with fear
therefore, her son was pale and was named Pāṇḍu. Ambālikā refused to receive Vyāsa again and sent him a śūdra maid of hers, adorned with her own ornaments
on her he begat Vidura, who was Dharma, born under the curse of Māṇḍavya. Vyāsa then disappeared (I, 106).