Month: June 2025

After the news of Bhima’s birth reached Hastinapur, Gandhari, who had been pregnant for 2 years, became frustrated and stabbed herself in the womb, giving birth to a hard mass of flesh.

The hard mass of flesh was taken to Sage Vyasa. The sage divided the flesh into 100 parts and placed it in jars, and smeared it with ghee. Upon Gandhari’s request to have a daughter, another jar was prepared.

Soon, 100 sons and 1 daughter were born, Duryodhana being the eldest of them all.

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Pandu and his wives began leading their lives in a forest. He met a few sages, and asked them a way to attain heaven. But the sages replied that, without children, one can never go to heaven.

Distressed, Pandu shared his plight with Kunti. She revealed to Pandu, that she had a boon of begetting a child from any God she desires. Pandu was ecstatic and suggested that he could get virtuous children through her boon.

Kunti used this mantra, and invoked Lord Yama-Dharma, who blessed them with a son.

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Shortly after Pandu’s marriage with Kunti and Madri, he went to a forest for hunting. While looking for his prey, amidst the bushes, he spotted a couple of deer and shot his arrow towards it.

When he went to check upon the deers, he saw that the deers were Sage Kindama and his wife. The Sage and his wife were on the brink of dying, and Pandu realised his mistake and begged pardon, but the Sage angered by this act of Pandu, cursed him, that he will die, if he ever touches his wives.

Horrified, Pandu returned to Hastinapur, and told his wives about his curse.

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Kunti was the daughter of Shurasena, a Yadava ruler of Mathura but, was raised by her childless uncle Kuntibhoja, the King of Kuntibhoja. She was the sister of Krishna’s father, Vasudeva.

Once Sage Durvasa visited Kuntibhoja, and pleased by Kunti’s devotion, he taught her a mantra, through which she could beget a child from any God she desires.

Kunti was curious and recited this mantra, invoking Surya deva. Later, she gave birth to a boy, named Karna.

Kunti was not married yet, so she begged Surya deva to take the child back but he refused.

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