Verse 12

¹²Visvamitra, Asita, Kanva, Durvasas, Bhrgu, Angiras, Kasyapa, Vamadeva, Atri, Vasistha, Narada and the rest. ¹³The boys, the darlings of the Yadus, came up to them at their play, took hold of their feet, and put a question to them, being ill-mannered in the manner of the well-mannered. ¹⁴They had dressed Samba, the son of Jambavati, in a woman's clothes. Brahmins, this dark-eyed woman is with child, and she is asking you. ¹⁵She is ashamed to ask you outright. Speak, you whose sight never falls short: she is near her time and wants a son. What is it she will bring forth? ¹⁶Tricked in this way, king, the sages grew angry and said to them: fools, she will bring forth for you a club, and it will be the ruin of your family.