Chapter 10 How Pandu Died

King Pandu went hunting one day. In the forest, a sage and his wife were also hunting under the appearance of deer. Unaware that the man was a sage in disguise, Pandu shot him with an arrow. The rishi, who had been killed by a blow to the head, had cursed Pandu, saying, “Sinner, you will meet with death the instant you experience the delights of the bed.”
After leaving his empire in the hands of Bhishma and Vidura out of heartbreak over this curse, Pandu withdrew to the forest with his wives and lived a life of perfect celibacy there.

Kunti told Pandu the tale of the mantra she had learned from Durvasa after observing his desire for children, which the rishi’s curse had denied him. He pushed Kunti and Madri to recite the mantra, and as a result, the five Pandavas were born to Kunti and Madri from the gods.

They were born and raised among ascetics in the bush. With his wife and kids, King Pandu spent many years living in the jungle. The season was spring. And one day, in the pleasure of sympathy with the vibrant life around them, the joyful flowers, creepers, birds, and other forest animals, Pandu and Madri forgot their troubles.
Despite Madri’s persistent and serious complaints, Pandu’s plan collapsed under the exciting power of the season. Immediately, the sage’s curse kicked in, and Pandu fell, dead.

Madri’s anguish was too much to conceal. because she believed that the king’s death was her fault. She sacrificed herself on her husband’s funeral pyre, pleading for Kunti to stay and take care of her two orphans.

The grieving and distressed Kunti and the Pandavas were brought to Hastinapura by the forest elders, who gave them to Bhishma.
At the time, Yudhishthira was just sixteen years old. The entire kingdom was overcome with grief when the sages arrived in Hastinapura and announced Pandu’s passing in the forest. The burial ceremonies were carried out by Vidura, Bhishma, Vyasa, Dhritarashtra, and other people.

Everyone in the kingdom wept as though they had experienced a personal bereavement. To the grandmother Satyavati, Vyasa remarked: “The past has been happy, but the future holds many tragedies. The world is now entering a period of disillusionment, sin, misery, and suffering after having gone through its youthful years like a joyful dream. Time moves irrevocably. You don’t have to wait to witness the suffering and disasters this race will experience. You should quit the city and live out the remainder of your days in a hermitage in the woods.” Satyavati consented and joined Ambika and Ambalika in the wilderness. These three elderly queens avoided sharing in their children’s suffering by ascending to higher realms of happiness via holy asceticism.

Keep Mahabharat Book at Home and Read Daily – DO NOT FALL TO FAKE PROPAGANDA and Allow Enemies to Weaken our Dharma and Bharat

This historical epic Mahabharat is known as fifth Veda. It is a common misconception spread by mlecchas; muslims and christian missionaries, and secular Hindus that reading Mahabharat or keeping it at home will likely lead to arguments and fighting. All of this misinformation was spread by illiterate mlecchas and anti-Hindus, and it is completely incorrect. It is done to mentally weaken Hindus so that they avoid reading Mahabharat. Because Mahabharat invokes bravery, pride and sense of confidence in Hindus.

Keep a copy of Mahabharat at home and read it online at the HariBhakt website. Mahabharat is rightly called the fifth Veda for Kaliyuga people because it is a tool and guidance to invoke confidence and bravery in Sanatan Dharmi Hindus.

You can read complete Mahabharat by following Chapter links given below. You can check Glossary of Mahabharat here.