Matsya Purana 50.47
Matsyapurāṇa 50.47
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50.47
śantanordayitaṃ putraṃ śāntātmānamakalmaṣam.
kṛṣṇadvaipāyano nāma kṣetre vaicitravīryyake.. 50.46 ..
Śântanu begot, from Jâhnavî, the famous Devavrata; and from his second wife, Satyavatî, the daughter of a fisherman, he begot Kâli and Vichitravîrya. The favourite and sinless son of Śântanu, namely, Vichitravîrya, had died childless, and, consequently, Kṛiṣṇa Dvaipâyâna was appointed to produce a son on the widow of Vichitravîrya. He thus begot three sons, named Dhritarâṣṭra, Pâṇḍu, and Vidura. Dhritarâṣṭra begot one hundred sons, from Gândhârî.—45-47.
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- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
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- Matsya — Sanskrit