Prativindhya, Sutasoma, Shrutakarma, Satanika, and Shrutasena, Pragati, Pragya, Suthanu and Sumitra.įirst Pandava, Son of Dharmaraj and Kunti, Husband of Draupadi and Devika and father of Prativindhya, Yaudheya and Suthanu. Wife of the 5 Pandavas, princess of Panchala, daughter of King Drupada, Shikandini and Dhristadyumna’s sister, Kunti’s 3rd daughter-in-law and mother of Karan’s wife, Kunti’s 1st daughter-in-law and Vrishaketu’s mother. Son of Surya and Kunti, elder brother of Pandavas, King of Anga, Duryodhana's friend and husband of Vrushali, Supriya, Uruvi and Padmavati and father of Vrishasena, Sudama, Vrishaketu, Chitrasena, Satyasena, Sushena, Shatrunjaya, Dvipata, Banasena, and Prasena. Pandu’s mother and Kunti and Madri’s mother-in-law. Shantanu’s 2nd wife and Chitrāngad and Vichitravirya’s mother.ĭhritarashtra’s mother and Gandhari’s mother-in-law. Shantanu’s 1st wife and Bhishma’s mother. Rukmini’s husband, Karna and Pandava's cousin and Kunti’s nephew.
Yudhisthir becomes the rightful king of Hastinapur and his wife Draupadi becomes the queen. The war results in the deaths of many, including Bhisma, Drona, Karna and all the sons of Dhritrashtra and Gandhari. He poisons the mind of Duryodhan against the Pandavs and sows the seeds for the Kurukshetra War where Shri Krishna imparts the Bhagavad Gita to his Pandav cousin Arjun. Shakuni, feeling cheated, swears to destroy the Kuru race. However, during the coronation ceremony, Dhritrashtra’s younger brother Pandu is crowned king due to the influence of Vidur, another of Dhritrashtra’s younger brothers. Bhisma persuades him as Dhritrashtra would be the future king of Hastinapur. Pandavas swear to avenge her insult.īhisma asks for Gandhari’s hand in marriage for his blind nephew Dhritarashtra, resulting in her brother Shakuni’s fury. Draupadi is later insulted and disrobed in the infamous Game of Dice by Duryodhana and the rest of the Kauravas. Arjun wins the swayamwar of Draupadi and Kunti mistakenly orders her to be shared among the five Pandavas. Duryodhan, the Pandhavs’ mortal enemy is the only one to ever support Karna and thus, Karna vows to always protect Duryodhan and fights on his behalf during the Kurukshetra War. Karna, a skilled archer and belonging to a lower caste, was often mistreated as he was raised by Adirath, a charioteer, and his wife, Radha. Karna’s true identity is never revealed until the end of the Kurukshetra War. Kunti decides to bring up all the five children together. Pandu dies of a curse of Rishi Kimdam along with Madri.
Madri, the second wife of Pandu invokes the Ashwini Kumaras to bear Nakula and Sehdeva. She later marries Pandu, son of Vichitravirya and invokes other deities to give her three sons, Yudhistir, Bhim and Arjun. However, Kunti, as an unmarried woman, sets Karna afloat on the river Ganga to avoid embarrassment.
Out of curiosity, she tests the boon, calling upon the Sun God and is granted a son named Karna. In Kuntibhoj, Princess Kunti obtains a boon from the sage Durvasa whereby she may invoke any deity and bear his child.