Mahabharata – 94
by
Sankar Mukherjee
&
Dr. Ramesh Chandra Mukhopadhyaya
                                            Aadivamsavatarana Parva

And Narayana--the god of gods—the eternal one, incarnated on earth as
the most influential Krishna. And Valadeva of great strength was a
portion of the Naga Ananta. And Pradyumna of great energy was
Sanatkumara.
And in this way  portions of the energies of various other gods
incarnated in the race of Vasudeva. Gada - Sarana & others became best
among human race.And,O king, the portions of the race of Apsaras which
I have mentioned already,also became incarnate on earth in obedience
to Indra's commands.And sixteen thousand portions of those goddesses
showed up in this world of men.The wives of Shrikrishna
 were all goddesses in human disguise. A  portion of goddes Lakshmi
herself became incarnate on earth, for the pleasure of Shrikrishna as
the daughter of Bhishmaka & her name was  Rukmini.
And Draupadi, was born of a portion of Sachidevi wife of Indra the
king of heavens as the daughter of Drupada from the sacrificial altar.
And she was neither short nor tall in stature. And she had the
fragrance of the blue lotus, & her eyes were   as large as
lotus-petals.Her  thighs were fair and round.  She had dense masses of
black curly hair that used to float around with her breath. And  with
all fortunate features and of complexion like that of the emerald, she
became the paragon of a woman who charmed  the hearts of five men who
likened the gods like Indra.
And the two goddesses Siddhi and Dhriti became the mothers of those
five men - the five brothers known as Pandavas. Siddhi & Dhriti were
Kunti and Madri in mortal raiments. And the goddes named  Mati  became
Gandhari  the mother of Dyurodhana & others.
Thus, O king, have I recited to you  all about the incarnation, of the
gods, the Asuras, the Gandharvas, the Apsaras, and of the Rakshasas.
They who were born on earth as kings great warriors  in the battle,
those high-souled ones who were born in the vast race of the Yadus &
they who were born as mighty kings in other races, & also they who
were born as Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and Vaisyas, have all been
recited by me duly.
 And this section of the incarnation capable of giving wealth, fame,
offspring, long life, and success, should always be listened to in a
proper frame of mind without finding fault of others.