

So she asked for 3 sons for herself and 2 for Madri. Meanwhile Pandu gained knowledge about his first wife kunti’s boon that allowed her to ask for sons off Devtas. And with some devilish magic, out came the 100 Kauravs. Ved Vyas split the flesh into a 100 parts. The result of which was a big pound of flesh. Their unconventional sex caused an unconventional pregnancy to Gandhari: two years. As both were blind, it was obviously difficult to have sex. Dhritrashtr is made the interim acting king, but he assumes the powers of a Samrat and does evil things in his regime.ĭhritrashtra’s wife Gandhari (princess of Gandhar) had blindfolded herself for life when she married him (Princesses I tell you!). In sorrow of his disgraceful acts, Pandu exiles himself (for he is the king!) as a punishment. The Brahmin curses Pandu that he can never have sex (because he didn’t let the Brahmin have sex in peace), if he does, he’ll die. Pandu follows the deer and finds it mating with its female counterpart however he shoots an arrow at it (Another primal cause).īut as it turns out the deer was a Brahmin in disguise. One day Pandu is on his honeymoon with his wives after a brief war, Pandu’s second queen Madri sees a beautiful deer/gazelle and asks him to bring it to her. So he grows jealous and agitated with Pandu, and everyone, and everything. However Dhritrashtr is denied the throne by Vidur(why else would I mention a character?) because of his blindness. Result: Vidur, who grows up to be the Mahamantri of Hastinapura, one of the wisest characters in Mahabharat.īoth Dhritrashtr and Pandu grow up to be like their grandfather Shantanu. The third time the queens trick him to go to a maid’s chamber. Anyhow, the Brahmin is scheduled to come 3 times. Ambalika is so frightened to see him that she goes pale while doing it. Ambika can’t even bear the sight of him, so while doing it she closes her eyes. So to get them sons, the most intelligent and famous Brahmin of the time: Vyas is called upon to “bless them” (called Niyog: this tradition is said to have existed a very long time in Indian mythology).

Now those princes die, one of them high while other in a war (obvious).
