Summary

The story begins with Bhishma the son of Shantanu and Ganga taking his oath of celibacy to convince Satyavati to marry his father Shantanu the king of Hastinapura Shantanu and Satyavati marry and have 2 children Chitrangada and Vichitravirya Both died without any children but Veda Vyasa the son of Satyavati is requested to impregnate Vichitravirya 2 wives Ambika and Ambalika. Besides the queens Vyasa also impregnates a maid Soon Ambika gives birth to Dhritarashtra born blind Ambalika gives birth to Pandu born pale and Parashrami gives birth to Vidura 25 years later dhritarashtra is married to Gandhari the princess of Gandhara Kingdom because of her boon of bearing a hundred sons After knowing her would be husband is blind Gandhari decided to blindfold herself to share her husband pain This angers Shakuni the brother of Gandhari and he vows to destroy Bhishma as it was him who had brought the proposal for Gandhari marriage Dhritarashtra is denied the throne for being blind and the throne is given to Pandu Pandu marries Kunti a princess of Kunti Kingdom and Madri of Madra Kingdom Pandu is later cursed by Sage Kindama that he will die if he attempts to impregnate his wives Pandu heartbroken renounces the kingdom with his 2 wives After this Dhritarashtra becomes de facto king of Hastinapur Kunti uses her boon given to her by Sage Durvasa to invoke gods of her choice and obtain children from them She begets Yudhishthira from Yama the god of death and righteousness Bhima from Vayu the god of wind and Arjuna from Indra the king of the gods She also chants the boon for Madri and Madri obtains twins Nakula and Sahadeva From the Ashwini Kumaras Gandhari is jealous by this development and gives birth to a lump of flesh after being pregnant for 2 years but this is cut into 101 pieces by Veda Vyasa and these pieces eventually transform into children the 100 Kauravas led by Duryodhana and a daughter Dushala Years pass and the Kauravas grow up to be evil led by their eldest brother Duryodhana who is highly influenced by his uncle Shakuni contrary to the Pandavas who are righteous Pandavas return to Hastinapur with Kunti after the death of Pandu and Madri All princes are sent to study under Guru Dronacharya Years pass and the princes return to Hastinapur where they are engaged in a competition of showcasing their skills Arjuna wins the competition but Karna son of a charioteer gatecrashes the competition and challenges Arjuna Kunti realizes that Karna is her son whom she had obtained from Surya the Sun God long before marriage In the meantime Arjuna also befriends Lord Krishna his cousin Lord Krishna father was Vasudev brother of Kunti and King of Dwarka The Kauravas along with Karna attempt to kill the Pandavas using a palace made of wax but the Pandavas escape They go into exile so all others believe them to be dead In the process the Pandavas encounter a demon by the name Hidimba Bhima kills Hidimba but ends up marrying his sister Hidimbi The couple begets a son Ghatotkacha The Pandavas eventually marry Draupadi the princess of Panchala born from fire thus revealing their identity They return to Hastinapur and justify their polyandry the sequence of events leads to the Kuru Kingdom being divided The Pandavas receive a new kingdom Khandavprastha Arjuna destroys the Khandava They renovate the town and rename it as Indraprastha The prosperity of Indraprastha angers Duryodhana A jealous Duryodhana summons Pandavas for a dice game where Yudhishthira loses his kingdom brothers as well as their common wife Draupadi Draupadi is dragged and humiliated in the court however Krishna saves her honor at the end the Pandavas and Draupadi as a result of los are forced into a [12 year] exile and a year of incognito the latter phase being spent in the kingdom of King Virata Pandavas reunite with their children the Upapandavas the 5 sons of Draupadi and Abhimanyu the son of Arjuna and Subhadra after the exile period Abhimanyu is married to Uttaraa the daughter of King Virata and Queen Sudeshna The Pandavas peace treaty with the Kauravas fails to materialize thus confirming that a war is set to happen Both the Pandavas and Kauravas gather their respective armies by allying with different tribes and kingdoms Shortly before the Kurukshetra War commences Arjuna obtains the knowledge of the Bhagavad Gita from Krishna which helps him fight for righteousness without any remorse of killing his own people in the process The war begins and continues for 18 days both sides face mass destruction. The Pandavas and Kauravas lose all of their children in laws and allies and the war officially ends after Duryodhana the only remaining Kaurava is killed by Bhima Ashwatthama the son of Dronacharya on seeing Duryodhana death gets angered and raids the Pandava camp at night ki

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