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THE MAHABHARATA
 

 
तस्यां चोत्पादयामास विदुरः [ कुरुनन्दन] ।

पुत्रान्विनयसम्पन्नान् आत्मनस्सदृशान्गुणैः ॥
 

 
And on her, Vidura begot sons.

endowed with modesty, his own equals

in virtues.
 

 
गान्धार्यामाहिते गर्नेभे पाण्डुरम्बालिकासुतः ।

अपत्यार्थ कृतमना इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
 

 
When Gandhari conceived, Pandu, the

son of Ambalika, who was intent on off-

spring, said these words:
 

 
'चतुर्भिऋणवानित्थं जायते मनुजो भुवि ।

ऋषिदेवमनुध्याणामृणान्मुक्तोऽस्मि धर्मतः ।

पितॄणां तु न मुक्तोऽस्मि तच्च तेभ्यो विशिष्यते ॥
 

 
"Man is thus born on earth, a four-

fold debtor. By doing my duties, I am

released from the debts to the Seers, the

gods and the people; but I am not

released from the debt to the ancestors; and

that debt is greater than those (other debts). "