O Kunti, hear the history of that wife of a hero, the daughter of Sharadandayana, who raised offspring at the command of her lord.
शृणु कुन्ति कथामेतां शारदण्डायिनी प्रति। सा वीरपत्नी गुरुणा नियुक्ता पुत्रजन्मनि॥