Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.22.27-28

sapan maithuna-ruddhasya

pandoh kuntyam maha-rathah

jata dharmanilendrebhyo

yudhishthira-mukhas trayah

nakulah sahadevas ca

madryam nasatya-dasrayoh

draupadyam panca pancabhyah

putras te pitaro 'bhavan

SYNONYMS

sapat -- due to being cursed; maithuna-ruddhasya -- who had to restrain sexual life; pandoh -- of Pandu; kuntyam -- in the womb of Kunti; maha-rathah -- great heroes; jatah -- took birth; dharma -- by Maharaja Dharma, or Dharmaraja; anila -- by the demigod controlling the wind; indrebhyah -- and by the demigod Indra, the controller of rain; yudhishthira -- Yudhishthira; mukhah -- headed by; trayah -- three sons (Yudhishthira, Bhima and Arjuna); nakulah -- Nakula; sahadevah -- Sahadeva; ca -- also; madryam -- in the womb of Madri; nasatya-dasrayoh -- by Nasatya and Dasra, the Asvini-kumaras; draupadyam -- in the womb of Draupadi; panca -- five; pancabhyah -- from the five brothers (Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva); putrah -- sons; te -- they; pitarah -- uncles; abhavan -- became.

TRANSLATION

Pandu was restrained from sexual life because of having been cursed by a sage, and therefore his three sons Yudhishthira, Bhima and Arjuna were begotten through the womb of his wife, Kunti, by Dharmaraja, by the demigod controlling the wind, and by the demigod controlling the rain. Pandu's second wife, Madri, gave birth to Nakula and Sahadeva, who were begotten by the two Asvini-kumaras. The five brothers, headed by Yudhishthira, begot five sons through the womb of Draupadi. These five sons were your uncles.

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