Thus was born after a conception of twelve years that best of men, that royal sage, Ashmaka, who founded Pandava (a city).
ततोऽपि द्वादशे वर्षं स जज्ञे पुरुषर्षभः। अश्मको नाम राजर्षिः पौदन्यं यो न्यवेशयत्॥