Hindu Mythology

                        "DEATH OF PANDU" Death: on the curse given to the PANDU maharaja,pandu left to jungle exile along with his two wifes "KUNTI" and "MADRI".where they have five children three from kunthi and two from madri.All the five children of pandu raju was all living together with all joy and happiness and Pandu thought them how to respect and how to live in an justical way Pandu's curse:    One day Pandu along with his wife Madri went to bring flowers in an Autumn season where flowers  blossoms made pandu to tempt to his wife and try to have an intercourse with Madri not at all remembering the curse given by the KINDAMA maharshi.In the meantime Kunti was in the aashram.Madri too tried to have an intercourse with PANDU.    Nakula knows this: When Pandu was trying to have the intercourse nakula hearts fell in an sign of bad mood.He then informs this to kunti about t...

                          " NAKULA" In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Nakula was fourth of the five Pandava brothers. Nakula and Sahadeva were twins born to Madri, who had invoked the Ashwini Kumaras using Kunti's boon. Etymology: Its Sanskrit etymology is "he who is most handsome in the lineage". Nakula and his brother Sahadeva, are both called as Ashvineya, as they were born from Ashvinas. Life at Hastinapur: Nakula's military expedition to the western kingdoms, as per epic Mahabharata. "Shalya's attempt to make Nakula and Sahadeva his heirs." Years after Madri had killed herself, King Shalya, her brother, as well as the ruler of the kingdom of Madra, would each year, for a spell, bring his nephews Nakula and Sahadeva to Madra. On their fifteenth birthday, Shalya revealed his intention of making the twins his heirs. Shalya argued that Nakula could be a king one day, instead of fourt...

                                         "SAHADEVA" Etymology:   The word Sahadeva is derived from two Sanskrit words saha  and deva . Saha means with and deva is a Hindu term used for deity. So literally, Sahadeva means with Gods. Another meaning is thousand Gods. Sahadeva and his brother Nakula, are both called as Ashvineya , as they were born from Ashvins. Birth and early years: Due to Pandu's inability to bear children (because of the curse of Rishi Kindama), Kunti had to use the boon given by Sage Durvasa to give birth to her three children. She shared the boon with Pandu's second wife, Madri (the princess of Madra), who invoked the Ashwini Kumaras to beget Nakula and Sahadeva. Later, Pandu died due to his Kindama's curse when he attempted an intercourse with his wife, Madri. The latter also immolated herself in her husband's pyre, so Nakula and ...

                              "KARNA" Birth, education and curses: Surya is father of Karna, the Hindu Sun god. As a young woman Kunti, the princess of the Kunti Kingdom, had been granted a boon by sage Durvasa to be able to invoke any deity to give her a child. Eager to test the power, while still unmarried, she called upon the solar deity Surya and was handed a son Karna wearing armour (Kavacha) and a pair of earrings (Kundala). Afraid of being an unwed mother and having an illegitimate son, Kunti placed the baby in a basket and set him afloat on a river. The child was found by Adhiratha, a charioteer of King Dhritarashtra of Hastinapur. Adhiratha and his wife Radha raised the boy as their own son and named him Vasusena. He also came to be known as Radheya, the son of Radha. Karna became interested in the art of warfare and approached Dronacharya, an established teacher who taught the Kuru princes. But ...

                            "DRONACHARAYA -THE GURU" Birth and Early Life: The story of Drona birth is related dramatically to the Mahabharata. Bharadwaja řshi went with his companions to the Ganga River to perform his ablutions. There he was beheld by the beauty of a beautiful apsara named Ghritachi who had come to bathe. The sage was overcome by desire, causing him to produce semen involuntarily out of excitement. Bharadwaja Muni captured the semen in a vessel called a Drona, and Dronacharya himself sprang from the semen thus preserved and is the only recorded mythical human being who was created without a female egg (Dronacharaya spent his youth in poverty, but studied Dharma and military arts such as archery, in which he gained expertise, together with the then prince of Panchala, Drupada in the gurukul of Rishi Bharadwaja. Drupada and Đroņācharya became close friends. Dronacharya married Kripi, the sister ...

                               "ASHWATTHAMA" Birth and Life Prior to the War: Ashwatthama was the son of Dronacharya and Kripi. Drona did many years of severe penance to please Lord Shiva in order to obtain a son who possesses the same valiance as Lord Shiva. Born a Chiranjivi, Ashwatthama was born with a gem in his forehead which gives him power over all living beings lower than humans; it protected him from hunger, thirst, and fatigue. Though an expert in warfare, Dronacharya lived the simple life of a Brahmin, with little money or property. As a result, Ashwatthama had a difficult childhood, with his family unable to even afford milk. Wanting to provide a better life for his family, Drona goes to the Panchal Kingdom to seek aid from his former classmate and friend, King Drupada. However, Drupada rebukes the friendship, claiming a king and a beggar cannot be friends, humiliating Drona. After this in...

                          "SAKUNI-GAME PLANNER" Birth and youth: Shakuni  also known as Saubala (son of Subala) Gandhararaja  king of Gandhara) and Subalraja(Sanskrit)"King of the Kingdom of Subala" was the prince of Gandhara Kingdom in present-day Gandhara, later to become the King after his father's death and one of the main villains in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He was the brother of Gandhari and hence Duryodhana's maternal uncle. Portrayed as an extremely intelligent but devious man, Shakuni is often credited as the mastermind behind the Kurukshetra war. Shakuni had a son named Uluka. Legend: Legend has it that once while the Pandavas and Kauravas were playing together as kids, when Duryodhana calls the Pandavas 'children of whores' (Pandu never fathered the Pandavas, Kunti and Madri had their kids from 5 different Gods). Yudhishthira a.k.a Dharmaraja, the eldest Pandava retaliates by callin...

                           "ARJUNA-WARRIOR PRINCE" Birth and youth: After the death of Pandu (and Madri's subsequent sati), the Pandavas and their mother lived in Hastinapura, where they were brought up together with their cousins, the Kaurava brothers. Along with his brothers, Arjuna was trained in religion, science, administration and military arts by Bhishma. One day, when the princes were playing a game, they lost their ball in a well. When the rest of the children gave up the ball as being lost, Arjuna stayed behind trying to get it. A stranger came by and extracted the ball for him by making a chain of "sarkanda" (a wild grass). When an astonished Arjuna related the story to Bhishma, Bhishma realised that the stranger was none other than Drona. Bhishma asked Drona to become the Kuru princes' teacher. Seeking refuge from Panchala, Drona agreed. ARJUNA Tutelage under Drona: Under Drona's t...