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Pandu and His Wives
Bibliography: The first part is from Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie
His Wives
- Kunti, chose him at her swayamvara. She was trembling with love when she placed the flower garland upon his shoulders- Madri, she came from Madra, had dark black eyes and a dusky complexion. She was purchased by Bhishma for King Pandu as that was the marriage tradition of her people. Sold for gold, jewels, elephants, and horses
King Pandu, revived the glories of King Bharata's reign. He was a King to extended their territory through many conquests and he especially had a love for hunting. One day when at the Himalaya mountains with his wives he went hunting for a deer. he found to deer that were joined together and when his arrow shot one of them he found that they were no deer instead of a holy brahmin and his wife in animal disguise. The sage wounded from the arrow has badly hurt and in his last minutes of life. Before he died he cursed Pandu and told him he would die in the arms of one of his wives. Because of the curse, King Pandu was very scared and vowed celibacy, gave all his possession to brahmins, and went away to live in a solitary place with his wives.
More about his curse. The real reason why he got cursed and vowed celibacy.
The deer that were joined together were actually in the act of having intercourse when Pandu stroke them with his arrow, he interrupted their special moment. The brahmin did not curse him for having killed a deer, or injuring him but because he acted cruelly in striking him during the middle of their love time. Therefore he curses him by stating that when he has intercourse with one of his wives he will die. Which is why King Pandu vows celibacy.
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