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Teachings of queen kuntī Introduction
The tragic and heroic figure of Queen Kuntī emerges from an explosive era in the history of ancient India. As …
Teachings of queen kuntī Introduction
Pāṇḍu became king because his elder brother Dhṛtarāṣṭra had been born blind, a condition that excluded him from direct succession. …
Teachings of queen kuntī Introduction
Meanwhile, Pāṇḍu had taken two wives, Mādrī and Kuntī. Originally named Pṛthā, Kuntī was the daughter of Śūrasena, the chief …
Teachings of queen kuntī Introduction
After Kuntī married Pāṇḍu, he was placed under a curse that prevented him from begetting children. So he renounced the …
Teachings of queen kuntī Introduction
Having been blessed with this virtuous son, Pāṇḍu then asked Kuntī for a son of great physical strength. Thus Kuntī …
Teachings of queen kuntī Introduction
Thereafter Pāṇḍu consulted with great sages in the forest and then asked Kuntī to observe vows of austerity for one …
Teachings of queen kuntī Introduction
Now, since Pāṇḍu had retired from the throne and gone to the forest, Dhṛtarāṣṭra had temporarily assumed the throne until …
Teachings of queen kuntī Introduction
After Pāṇḍu’s death, the sages living in the forest brought the five young princes and Kuntī to the Kaurava court …
Teachings of queen kuntī Introduction
But a smooth transfer of power was not to be. Although Dhṛtarāṣṭra had at first recognized the primogeniture of Yudhiṣṭhira, …
Teachings of queen kuntī Introduction
Miraculously, however, Kuntī and the Pāṇḍavas repeatedly escaped death, for they were under the loving protection of Lord Kṛṣṇa, who …
Teachings of queen kuntī Introduction
When the thirteen-year exile had ended, the Pāṇḍavas returned to Hastināpura to reclaim their kingdom. But Duryodhana bluntly refused to …
Teachings of queen kuntī Introduction
Fierce fighting raged for eighteen days on the historic plain of Kurukṣetra (near Hastināpura), and in the end all but …