Mahabharata – 91

by 

Sankar Mukherjee

&

Dr Ramesh Chandra Mukhopadhyaya
                                            Aadivamsavatarana Parva

Thus, O king, I have narrated the names of the hundred sons and also the name of the daughter . Now it is known to you their names according to the order of their births. All of them were great warriors & charioteers,& well acquented  in the art of warfare. Besides, all of them were versed in the Vedas, & Laws.And all of them had gone through the scriptures. All of them were mighty soldiers, and all of them were blessed with learning & fame. And, O monarch! All of them had wives suitable to them in grace & identical.

And Dhritarastra bestowed his daughter Duhsala to  Jayadratha, the king of the Sindhus, as per  the counsels of Sakuni.

And on the other hand  king Yudhishthira was a portion of Dharma. Bhimasena was of the portion of windgod. Arjuna was of Indra, the king of the gods, and  Nakula and Sahadeva, the most handsome  among all individuals, having unparalleled beauty on earth,were the  portions of the twin Aswins. And Varcha the son of the Moon became Abhimanyu famous for the great deeds.He became the son of Arjuna.

 And before his incarnation,Moon had said these words to the gods, 'I cannot part with  my son. He is dearer to me than my life. Let us agree upon the following. For the destruction of the Asuras on earth is our work  & therefore let this Varchas  go there, but let him not stay there for long. Nara, whose companion is Narayana, will be born as Indra's son & will be known as Arjuna, the mighty son of Pandu. This boy of mine shall be his son & become a mighty car-warrior in his boyhood. And let him stay on earth  only for sixteen years. And when he will attain his sixteenth year, the battle of Kuruskhetra shall take place in which all who are born of your portions  Like Bhima & others shall be engaged in killing of the enemies  & in that war both Nara and Narayana (will be engaged with the Samsaptaka in other corner of the battle field). The enemies will fight with you making impenetratable Chakravyuha. And my son shall compel all foes to pull out before him. The boy of mighty arms having penetrated the impenetrable Chakravyuha shall fight  fearlessly and send a fourth part of the hostile force, in course of half a day to death. Then when numerous great warriors & mighty car-warriors will attack him again & again towards the close of the day, my boy of mighty arms, shall reappear before me. And he shall give birth to  one great son in his line, who shall continue the almost extinct Bharata race. Hearing these words of Moon, gods said So be it. And then all together applauded Moon. Thus, O king,thus  I recited to you the particulars of the birth of your grandfather.