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Reading Epified: Mahabharata videos Part B Kunti was blessed with the ability to call on any god. She was then blessed with a son with the sun god, with earrings of gold, but had to give him away since she was not married. Pandu and wife Kunti source Pandu, the brother of the ruling King, was married to Kunti and Madri, and took them into the forest to live for a while. Pandu decided to go hunting one day and killed a disguised couple. Because of this, he was cursed to die in the embrace of one of his wives. Kunti tells Pandu of her blessing, and she calls on gods to give her sons, Yudhishthira, Bhima, and Arjuna. She then summons a god for Madri, and Madri gives birth to twins. Pandu helped raise the 5 sons, but eventually grew tired and embraced Madri, which resulted in his death as well as Mardi's death. Kunti took their 5 sons to live in the forest out of sadness connected to the city. When word of Kunti's first pregnancy reached the kingdom, Pandu's brothe...

Epified: Mahabharata Part A This version of the Mahabharata provides a lot of insight on parts I didn't understand before. In Episode 1- Shantanu the Unfortunate, the narrator proposes that the Mahabharata is a showcase of how karma functions. In my experience from reading the chapters, I can agree with that proposal. The Mahabharata showed account after account of how certain actions have certain outcomes. He explains how the River Goddess married King Shantanu agreed to give birth to the 8 cursed vedas and then kill them to free them from mortal life. But since Shantanu asked about the last child, she did not kill the 8th veda. This Veda named Devavrata became prince and heir of the throne of Shantanu. King Shantanu meets River Goddess Ganga source King Shantanu falls in love with a different woman, but cannot marry her because of Devavrata. The king's son sees his father's sadness and give up his birthright, vowing not to marry, claim the throne, or have child...