![]() He then asked Krishna for a promise to accept his request. Then Krishna answered that if someone asks him a question, he will reply back with a question. But Sahedev with curiosity replied that he can’t lie to others. Krishna then told he not to mention anybody about the powers he got. He knew this earlier that he wasn’t just an ordinary sage but the Supreme Lord himself. Sahadev then rushed to his brothers and mother to share this secret but was stopped by a brahmin who was none other than Lord Krishna himself. Hence sahadev was also known as ‘trikal gyani’. Immediately, Sahadeva was enforced with the power of knowing the past, present and the future too. He quickly grabbed it and put it in his mouth. Sahadeva observed a group of ants carrying a small piece of flesh which was his fathers’. None of the pancha pandavas could fulfil their fathers wish by eating his flesh. To get that knowledge, one has to eat Pandu’s flesh after he died. Pandu called up his sons and shared these secrets. During this penance, he gained a great amount of knowledge about the past, present and future. Pandu, earlier predicted his death and was in deep meditation for years. Sahadeva had a great power of knowing the future. Here, Nakula tends horses as Granthika and Sahadeva herds cows at Tantipala. During the year of incognito in the kingdom of Virata. Even Sahadeva had a daughter with Draupadi who was Sumithra. Sahadeva married Vijaya and has a son Suhotra. Nakul also has a daughter with Draupadi who was named Printha. Nakul married Karenumati and were blessed with a son named Niramitra. The son from Nakula was Satanika and the son with Sahadeva was Shrutasena. Nakul and Sahadeva both married Draupadi and she had 1 son each with each of the pandava. They were experts in the field of astrology, vedas, medicine, encryptic arts, administration, finance, economy and arts. Nakul and Sahadev are the most knowledgeable amongst the Kuru princes. Nakul and Sahadev grew up to be skilful sword warriors. Nakul and Sahadeva too grew along with all the other Kuru princes, leant under the guidance of guru Dronacharya. Meanwhile, Sahadeva was the most smart and witty amongst the 5 pandavas and also the kauravas. Nakul was described as the most handsome person ever on Earth by Ved Vyas in his version of Mahabharat. Nakul was born through Ashwin or Nashatya while Sahadev was sired by Dasra or Revanta. Nakul means most handsome and Sahadev means with the gods. Kunti empathising Madri shared the mantra with Madri, who was gifted a pair of twins by Ashwini Twins and named them Nakul & Sahadev. With Kunti having 3 blessed sons, Madri was feeling jealous. Consequently, Yudhishthira was gifted by Yama Dharmaraj, Bhima by Lord Varun and Arjun by Lord Indra. Kunti had a boon granted by sage Durvasa that she would be gifted a child by any god. When Pandu was cursed by sage Kindama that any sexual association with his wives would ultimately lead to his death. Everyone talks about Yudhishthira’s righteousness, Bhima’s strength, Arjun’s valour, Draupadi’s honour, Duryodhana’s cruelty, Karna’s loyalty, Krishna’s supremacy whenever the topic of Mahabharata comes up.Ī lesser known fact was that Pandu’s wife was not only Kunti but also Madri who belonged to the Madra Kingdom whose brother was Shalya, the charioteer of Karna during the Kurukshetra war.
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