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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.22.27-28

शापान्मैथुनरुद्धस्य पाण्डो: कुन्त्यां महारथा: । जाता धर्मानिलेन्द्रेभ्यो युधिष्ठिरमुखास्त्रय: ॥ २७ ॥ नकुल: सहदेवश्च माद्रय‍ां नासत्यदस्रयो: । द्रौपद्यां पञ्च पञ्चभ्य: पुत्रास्ते पितरोऽभवन् ॥ २८ ॥
śāpān maithuna-ruddhasya
[shaapaan maithuna-ruddhasya]
pāṇḍoḥ kuntyāṁ mahā-rathāḥ
[paandoh kuntyaam mahaa-rathaah]
jātā dharmānilendrebhyo
[jaataa dharmaanilendrebhyo]
yudhiṣṭhira-mukhās trayaḥ
[yudhishthira-mukhaas trayah]
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca
[nakulah sahadevash cha]
mādryāṁ nāsatya-dasrayoḥ
[maadryaam naasatya-dasrayoh]
draupadyāṁ pañca pañcabhyaḥ
[draupadyaam pancha panchabhyah]
putrās te pitaro ’bhavan
[putraas te pitaro ’bhavan]
Word-for-word
śāpāt — due to being cursed maithuna-ruddhasya — who had to restrain sexual life pāṇḍoḥ — of Pāṇḍu kuntyām — in the womb of Kuntī mahā-rathāḥ — great heroes jātāḥ — took birth dharma — by Mahārāja Dharma, or Dharmarāja anila — by the demigod controlling the wind indrebhyaḥ — and by the demigod Indra, the controller of rain yudhiṣṭhira — Yudhiṣṭhira mukhāḥ — headed by trayaḥ — three sons (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma and Arjuna) nakulaḥ — Nakula sahadevaḥ — Sahadeva ca — also mādryām — in the womb of Mādrī nāsatya-dasrayoḥ — by Nāsatya and Dasra, the Aśvinī-kumāras draupadyām — in the womb of Draupadī pañca — five pañcabhyaḥ — from the five brothers (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva) putrāḥ — sons te — they pitaraḥ — uncles abhavan — became.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śāpān maithuna-ruddhasya
śāpāt
due to being cursed
maithuna-ruddhasya
who had to restrain sexual life
pāṇḍoḥ kuntyāṁ mahā-rathāḥ
pāṇḍoḥ
of Pāṇḍu
kuntyām
in the womb of Kuntī
mahā-rathāḥ
great heroes
jātā dharmānilendrebhyo
jātāḥ
took birth
dharma
by Mahārāja Dharma, or Dharmarāja
anila
by the demigod controlling the wind
indrebhyaḥ
and by the demigod Indra, the controller of rain
yudhiṣṭhira-mukhās trayaḥ
yudhiṣṭhira
Yudhiṣṭhira
mukhāḥ
headed by
trayaḥ
three sons (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma and Arjuna)
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca
nakulaḥ
Nakula
sahadevaḥ
Sahadeva
ca
also
mādryāṁ nāsatya-dasrayoḥ
mādryām
in the womb of Mādrī
nāsatya-dasrayoḥ
by Nāsatya and Dasra, the Aśvinī-kumāras
draupadyāṁ pañca pañcabhyaḥ
draupadyām
in the womb of Draupadī
pañca
five
pañcabhyaḥ
from the five brothers (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva)
putrās te pitaro ’bhavan
putrāḥ
sons
te
they
pitaraḥ
uncles
abhavan
became.
Pāṇḍu was restrained from sexual life because of having been cursed by a sage, and therefore his three sons Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma and Arjuna were begotten through the womb of his wife, Kuntī, by Dharmarāja, by the demigod controlling the wind, and by the demigod controlling the rain. Pāṇḍu’s second wife, Mādrī, gave birth to Nakula and Sahadeva, who were begotten by the two Aśvinī-kumāras. The five brothers, headed by Yudhiṣṭhira, begot five sons through the womb of Draupadī. These five sons were your uncles.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Pāṇḍu was restrained from sexual life because of having been cursed by a sage, and therefore his three sons Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma and Arjuna were begotten through the womb of his wife, Kuntī, by Dharmarāja, by Vāyu, and by Indra. Pāṇḍu's second wife, Mādrī, gave birth to Nakula and Sahadeva, who were begotten by the two Aśvinī-kumāras. The five brothers, headed by Yudhiṣṭhira, begot five sons through the womb of Draupadī. These five sons were your uncles. Pāṇḍu was cursed by a sage in the form of a deer from having sex life. Nāsatya-dasrayoḥ means “by the Āśvini-kumāras.”
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Personal Guidance
Cursed against sex, Pāṇḍu's three sons come through Kuntī by Dharma, Vāyu, and Indra; Mādrī bears Nakula and Sahadeva by the Aśvinīs. The Pāṇḍavas are children of demigods received through niyoga — even their bodies are not exactly what they seem.
Reflection Questions
  • Where am I judging children by ordinary biology rather than by the higher arrangement of their origin?
  • How would I treat 'demigod children' in my circle differently?
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