- Dhritrashtra marries Gandhari and blindfolds herself for life to share her husband's condition
- Kunti was adopted by the king and he loved her as his own daughter
- Kunti was unafraid of the sage and spoke her mind around him, which delighted him because people were usually afraid of him
- He gave her a mantra that allowed her to summon a God, and she summoned the Sun god
- He embraced her and when he left, she found a child in her arms
- The child, she knew, was destined for greatness
- However, she had to abandon him because she was unmarried
- Pandu accidentally shot an arrow at a hermit couple
- the hermit died but before he died, he cursed Pandu
- He cursed him so that when Pandu becomes intimate with a woman, he would die
- Pandu decided to take up sannyas
- Kunti decided to tell Pandu about the fact that she can call a God and have his child
- Since Pandu would no longer be able to have children
- She calls on Yama, the god of truth and death
- he gave her a son that was the embodiment of virtue and patience
- named Yudhishthir
- she then called on Vayu, the wind God
- he gave her a son that was strong as fast as the wind
- named Bheem
- she then called on Indra, the king of Devas
- he gave her a son that was to be the greatest warrior in the world
- named Arjun
- Ghandari then gives birth to 100 sons (which would be interesting to write about)
- Duryodhan became jealous of bheem and tried to kill him
Screenshot of Ghandari and her children.
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