Pandu called Kunti and said as he would not be able to give her any children, so he asked her to beget sons through brahmans as it was deemed fit as per scriptures. If a wife, with the permission of her husband, co lived with another person and had child, the child would be considered her husband's child.
Kunti said she did not want to hear words like this as could not being with anyone other than her husband. She started telling Pandu about Vyusitashwa. He was a great king who had a beautiful wife called Bhadra. The king did many sacrifices but he did not have any children. One day, affected by tuberculosis, he passed away.
Bhadra was grief stricken and was thinking of ending her life when the dead body of her husband got up and said he would give her children. She had seven sons.
Ending her story Kunti said, Bhadra's husband had found a way for her, so if Pandu wanted children then he would have to think of a way to achieve this.
Pandu said it was not possible for him to give her children. The dead king had the power which he did not have.
Pandu started telling about olden times. In the forest lived the learned sage, Uddalaka with his son Shvetketu. One day when Shvetketu was young, a sage came to their hut and aroused by seeing Uddalaka's wife wanted to live with her. He carried her away forcibly.
Shvetketu asked his father who was this sage who was carrying off his mother. Uddalaka said his mother was not bound by rules and she had the right to go with whoever she chose.
Angry Shvetketu said he would meditate and then make a rule that would create social bonds. If someone forcibly broke the bond, they would be sinners. Women who would not listen to their husband would be considered sinners.
Saying this Pandu said, Listen Kunti while I tell you about Soudasa.
There was a king called Soudasa in the solar dynasty who had a beautiful wife called Madyanti. He let his wife live the hermitage of sage Vashistha where his wife gave birth to many sons.
Pandu said it was perfectly fine for Kunti to have children through someone else.
Kunti then told Pandu about her life before her marriage. She told him about Durvasa and the mantra he had given her. She then asked Pandu which God should she invoke, to get a child,
Pandu said for years one would perform sacrifices but would not get a glimpse of the Gods but a mantra from Kunti would get the God to come and live there. Dharma or Yama was the greatest of the Gods, one who never deviate the path. This was the God that would have to be invoked.
Kunti said she did not want to hear words like this as could not being with anyone other than her husband. She started telling Pandu about Vyusitashwa. He was a great king who had a beautiful wife called Bhadra. The king did many sacrifices but he did not have any children. One day, affected by tuberculosis, he passed away.
Bhadra was grief stricken and was thinking of ending her life when the dead body of her husband got up and said he would give her children. She had seven sons.
Ending her story Kunti said, Bhadra's husband had found a way for her, so if Pandu wanted children then he would have to think of a way to achieve this.
Pandu said it was not possible for him to give her children. The dead king had the power which he did not have.
Pandu started telling about olden times. In the forest lived the learned sage, Uddalaka with his son Shvetketu. One day when Shvetketu was young, a sage came to their hut and aroused by seeing Uddalaka's wife wanted to live with her. He carried her away forcibly.
Shvetketu asked his father who was this sage who was carrying off his mother. Uddalaka said his mother was not bound by rules and she had the right to go with whoever she chose.
Angry Shvetketu said he would meditate and then make a rule that would create social bonds. If someone forcibly broke the bond, they would be sinners. Women who would not listen to their husband would be considered sinners.
Saying this Pandu said, Listen Kunti while I tell you about Soudasa.
There was a king called Soudasa in the solar dynasty who had a beautiful wife called Madyanti. He let his wife live the hermitage of sage Vashistha where his wife gave birth to many sons.
Pandu said it was perfectly fine for Kunti to have children through someone else.
Kunti then told Pandu about her life before her marriage. She told him about Durvasa and the mantra he had given her. She then asked Pandu which God should she invoke, to get a child,
Pandu said for years one would perform sacrifices but would not get a glimpse of the Gods but a mantra from Kunti would get the God to come and live there. Dharma or Yama was the greatest of the Gods, one who never deviate the path. This was the God that would have to be invoked.
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