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Rh of Vaka and then went to Panchala. And there obtaining Draupadi for a wife they returned to Hastinapura. And there they dwelt for sometine in peace and begat children. And Yudisthira begat Pritivin. dhya : Bhima, Sutasoma ; Arjuna. Srutakriti; Nakula ; Satanika ; and Sahadeva. Srutakarman. Besides these, Yudhisthira, having obtained for his wife De vika, the daughter of Govashana of the Saivya tribe, in a self choice ceremony, begat upon her a son named Yaudheya. And Bhima also obtaining for a wife Valandhara, the daughter of the king of Kasi, offered his own prowess as dower and begat upon her a son named Sarvaga. And Arjuna also. repairing to Dwaravati, brought away by force Subhadra, the sweet-speeched sister of Vasudeva, and returned in happiness to Hastinapura. And he begat upon her a son named Abhimanyu endued with all accomplishments and dear to Vasudeva himself. And Nakula obtaining for his wife Karenumati, the princess of Chedi, begat upon her a son named Niramitra. And Sahadeva also mareied Vijaya, the daughter of Dyutimat, the king of Madra, obtaining her in a self-choice ceremony and begat upon her a son named Suhotra. And Bhimasena had some time before begat upon Hidimva a son named Ghatotkacha. These are the eleven sons of the Pandavas. Amongst them all, Abhimanyu was the perpetuator of the family. He married Uttara, the daughter of Virata, who brought forth a dead child whom Kunti took up on her lap at the command of Vasudeva who said --'I will revive this child of six months.' And though born before time, having been burnt by the fire of (Aswatthaman's) weapon and, therefore, deprived of strength and energy he was revived by Vasudeva and endued with strength energy and prowess. And after reviving him, Vasudeva said.-'Because this child hath been born in an extinct race, therefore, he shall be called Parikshit.' And Prikshit married Madravati, thy mother. O king, and thou art born to her, O Janamejaga! Thou hast also begotten two sons on thy wife of Vapushtama, named Satanika and Sankukarna. And Satanika also hath begotten one son named Aswamedhadatta upon the princess of Videha.

"Thus have I, O king, recited the history of the descendants of Puru and of the Pandavas. This excellent, virtue-increasing, and sacred history should ever be listened to by vow observing Brahmanas, by Kshattryas devoted to the practices of their order and ready to protect their subjects : by Vaisyas with attention, and by Sudras with reverence, whose chief occupation is to wait upon the three other orders. Brahmanas conversant in the Vedas and other persons, who with attention and reverence recite this sacred history or listen to it when recited, conquer the heavens and attain to the abode of the blessed.