That great hero was begotten by Dhananjaya on the maiden of the Satvata race, like fire produced by rubbing in a sacrifice from within the Sami wood.
स सात्वत्यामतिरथः सम्बभूव धनंजयात्। मखे निर्मथनेनेव शमीगर्भाद्भुतासनः॥