In days of yore, O Partha, I was, for some reason, born as the son of Dharma, O Kuruchief, and owing to such birth of mind I was celebrated under the name of Dharmaja.
पुराहमात्मजः पार्थ प्रथितः कारणान्तरे॥ धर्मस्य कुरुशार्दूल ततोऽहं धर्मजः स्मृतः।