Markandeyapurana 4.35

4.35

etat sarvaṃ kathyatāṃ me sandigdhaṃ bhārataṃ prati /
kṛtārthohaṃ sukhaṃ yena gaccheyaṃ nijamāśramam //

Jaimini spoke:
“Hear, O ye pure ones! the matters in connexion with the Mahābhārata, which are doubtful to me here; having heard, deign to explain them. Why is Janārdana Vāsudeva, who is the support of everything and the cause of all causes, although devoid of qualities, endued with humanity? And why was Drupada’s daughter Kṛṣṇa the common wife of the five sons of Pāṇḍu? On this point there is very great perplexity. Why did the mighty Baladeva Halāyudha expiate his brahmanicide by engaging in a pilgrimage? And how was it that the unmarried heroic high-souled sons of Draupadī, whose protector was Pāṇḍu, were slain, as if they had no protector? Let all these doubtful points in connexion with the Mahābhārata be explained to me; that I having attained my object, may return to my hermitage in comfort.”