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Rh and Upanandaka; Chitravana, Chittravarman, Suvarman, Durvilo. chana: Ayovahu, Maha vahu, Chitranga, Chitrakundala, Bhimavega, Bhimavala, Balaki, Balavardhana, Ugayudha : Bhima, Karna, Kanakaya, Dridayudha, Dhridavarman, Dhridakshatra, Somakirti, Anudara : Dhridasandha, Jarasandha, Satyasandha, Sadas, Suvách, Ugrasravas. Ugrasena. Senani. Dushparajaya, Aparajita, Kundasayin. Visa laksha, Duradhara ; Dhridahasta, Suhasta, Vatavega, and Suvarchas; Aditya. ketu, Vahvashin, Nagadatta, Agrayayin ; Kavachin, Krathana, Kunda, Kundadhara, Dhanurdhara: the heroes, Ugra, and Bhimaratha, Viravabu, Alolupa : Abhaya, and Raudrakarman, and then be called Dhridaratha, Anadbrishya, Kundabhedin, Viravi, Dhirghalochana : Pramatha, and Pra mathi and the powerful Dhirgharoma : Dhrighavahu, Mahababu. Vyudorus, Kanakadhaja : Kundasi, and Virajas. Besides these hundred sons, there was a daughter named Dussala. All were heroes and Atirathas, and were well-skilled in warefare. All were learned in the Vedas, and all kinds of weapons. And, o king, worthy wives were in time selected for all of them by Dhritarashtra after proper examination. And king Dhritarashtra, O monarch, also bestowed Dussala, in proper time and with proper rites upon Jayadratha (the king of Sindhus). • Thus ends the hundred and seventeenth section in the Sambhava Parva of the Adi Parva.

Janamejaya said, -"0 utterer of Brahma, thou hast recited (everything about the extraordinary birth among men, of the sons of Dhrita. rashtra in consequeace of the Rishi's grace, Thou hast also said what their names are, according to the order of their birth. O Brahmana, I have heard all these from thee. But tell me now all about the Pandavas. While reciting the incarnations on Earth of the celestials, the Asuras, and the beings of other classes, thou saidst that the Pandavas were all illustrious and endued with the prowess of gods, and that they were incarnate portions of the celestials themselves. I desire, therefore, to hear all about those beings of extraordinary achievements beginning from the moment of their birth. O Vaisampayana, recite thou their achievements."

Vaisa mpayana said,-"O king, one day Pandu, while roaming about in the woods (on the southern slopes of Himavat) that teemed with deer and wild animals of fierce disposition, saw a large deer, that seemed to be