By: Epified Authors
- Kunti had a past before marriage with Pandu.
- She had a son given to her by the sun god.
- She left their son at the river since she was unmarried.
- In the present time, Pandu took his two wives and departed for the forest.
- In his arrogance, Pandu shot an intimate hermit couple.
- So, the hermit cursed Pandu saying that he will die the moment he tries to become intimate.
- Kunti then told Pandu that she was able to call on any god and bear their child. So Pandu told Kunti to bear the heirs of Hastinapur.
- Kunti called Yama first, the god of truth and death.
- Their son was Yudhishthir, who would keep calm in the heat of battle.
- Kunti then called to Vayu, the wind God.
- Their son, Bheem, was very strong and courageous.
- Kunti then called Indra, the king of the Devas.
- Their son, Arjuna, will become one of the greatest warriors.
- Kunti summoned the ashwin twins for Madri, Pandu's other wife.
- Madru bore two beautiful sons, Nakul and Sehdev.
- These five sons became the Pandavas.
- Pandu died because he forced himself on Madri, and Madri decided to die too.
- Gandhari was jealous of Kunti having children.
- Ghandhari became pregnant with Dhritarashtra's child, but she bore something lifeless.
- Through Ved Vyasa, someone who was like a sage, Ghandhari transformed the lifeless thing into 100 sons.
- The eldest son, Duryodhana, along with the other 99 sons, look evil and terrifying to everyone besides their blinded or blindfolded parents.
- Kunti and the Pandavas came back to the kingdom of Hastinapur.
- Duryodhana was filled with jealousy and hated the Pandavas, as they were loved by everyone else.
- Duryodhana especially was jealous of Bheem.
- Duryodhana tricked the Pandavas to go to a lakeside retreat. There, he induced the Pandava's food with sleep-inducing herbs.
- When Bheem was deep in slumber, Duryodhana tied his hands and feet and pushed Bheem into the lake.
- Bheem, still unconscious in the water, was attacked by snakes.
- As the son of Vayu, Bheem woke up and fought the snakes until the snakes tried to help Bheem escape from the water.
- Bheem landed in a kingdom, deep in the water, and was greeted by their ruler that gave Bheem a magic potion, since he liked him.
- This potion made Bheem even stronger and equipped him to fight anything or anyone that comes after him or his Pandva brothers.
- Bheem returns home and has no recollection on how he landed in the water, so Duryodhana stayed silent.
- Bhishma wanted his grandsons to be men of war.
- Drona appeared in the lives of Bhishma and his grandsons and he would help them become warriors.
- Drona recognized and further developed the talents of the boys.
- Yudhishthir was an excellent charioteer.
- Nakul and Sehdev were great swordsmen.
- Bheem was evidently the strongest and chose the mace as his weapon and could even defeat adults.
- Arjuna became the perfect warrior. He could use any weapon with ease. The art he chose was archery, as it was the discipline of the mind.
- Drona's son and Arjuna was picked by Drona to use weapons that controlled all elements.
- Arjuna soon found out that Drona's main purpose for seeking their kingdom and training them was for vengeance.
- Arjuna ran into an extremely precise archer in the forest named Ekalavya.
- Ekalavya told Arjuna that Drona was his teacher.
- Turns out, in the past Drona had dismissed Ekalavya from being his pupil, which triggered Ekalavya to train hard to become a great hunter/archer.
- Drona asked Ekalavya to cut off his right thumb, and Ekalavya did so.
- Drona took no pleasure in ending the legend that could have been Ekalavya.
This image is from Mahabharata Episode 11 - Sons of Pandu from Mahabharata Videos, Part B. I felt that Part B at its core, revolved around the Pandavas; therefore, I felt that it would be appropriate to use an image that has the Pandavas. The five sons in this image are the Pandavas.
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