![]() He cursed that any attempt to be intimate with wife would cause Pandu’s death.īecause of that curse, Pandu could not make love with his wives. The dying sage told Pandu that he had not only killed them in the midst of lovemaking but was not remorseful for his action. ![]() One day, while hunting, Pandu mistakenly shot and killed sage Kindama and his wife as they were mating in the forest taking the form of deer. Though embarrassed at her husband’s act Kunti eventually reconciled with him. Madri took Kunti inferior to her because Yadavas were cattle herders while she was a princess. Shortly after marriage, with a mission to expand empire, Pandu married Madri, a princess of Madra. Surprisingly, the child was born with armour but out of fear of social shame Kunti abandoned the child who later became famous as Karna.Īs per tradition of that time swyambhar sabha (a meeting where the bride chooses her husband) was arranged for her. He begot her a child but restored her virginity. Failing to restrain curiosity Kunti invoked the Sun god. Being highly pleased with the hospitality Kunti, he granted her a hymn that would invoke any god of her choice and he would bless her with children. She was step mother of Nakul and Sahadev. ![]() She was married to Pandu, King of Hastinapur and was the mother of Karna and the Pandavs -Yudhishthir, Bhim, Arjun. Her father gave her to his childless cousin Kuntibhoj. Kunti (alias Pritha) was biological daughter of Shurasen (a Yadav chief) and foster daughter of his cousin Kuntibhoj, paternal aunt of Krishna, Balaram and Subhadra. Kunti is an important name among commonly known female characters in Mahabhrat. ![]()
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