Janamejaya said : O Brahmana, you should relate to me the account of the birth of Kripa. How did he spring from a clump of health? Whence did he obtain his weapons?
जनमेजय उवाच कृपस्यापि मम ब्रह्मन् सम्भवं वक्तुमर्हसि। शरस्तम्बात् कथं जज्ञे कथं वास्त्राण्यवाप्तवान्॥