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Pandu

Son of #Ambalika and #Vyasa (via niyoga)

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  • #Sahadeva
    • Son of #Pandu and #Madri. Born of Niyoga with the Ashwini Twins.

  • #The Pandavas
    • The Pandavas is a collective noun and refers to the sons of #Pandu from #Kunti and #Madri. These are, in order of birth:

  • #Yudhishthira
    • Eldest son of #Pandu and #Kunti. Born of niyoga with Dharmaraj (the God of death and Dharma).

  • #Bhima
    • Second son of #Pandu and #Kunti. Born of niyoga with Marut (the God of wind).

  • #Nakula
    • Son of #Pandu and #Madri. Born of Niyoga with the Ashwini Twins.

  • #Arjuna
    • Third son of #Pandu and #Kunti. Born of niyoga with Indra (the king of Gods).

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  • Bheeshma
    • The Grandsire of the Kauravas and the Pandavas. Raised both Dhritarashtra as well as #Pandu and arranged wives for them to marry.

  • Kunti
    • Daughter of Kuntibhoja, married to #Pandu. She was actually the daughter of Shurasena and thus the sister of Vasudeva (Krishna's father). Shurasena gave her to Kuntibhoja because he was childless.

  • Madri
    • Princess from Madradesh and second wife to #Pandu.

  • Lecture 2: The Mahakavya of the Mahabharata
    • We know that no one was from the Kuru lineage. Dhritarashtra and #Pandu were born to #Vyasa through niyoga. So the lineage was Kashiraja's blood and Vyasa’s blood.

    • Since this was a patriarchal society, the patriarchy goes to Vichitraveerya and therefore Dhritarashtra becomes the king, after #Pandu. In the case of Yudhishthira, the lineage is one more step removed because of the niyoga of #Kunti with Dharma.

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