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Son of the Sun Kunti's secret was that she had a son from the sun god. When she was a young women, this sage came to her town. Now everyone was afraid of this sage because he tended to give curses to people. However, Kunti was not scared of him and kept him company. Seeing this made the sage happy and he had given her a gift that she could summon any god she wanted to by saying a mantra. Thus, she summoned the sun god to see if it worked and in the end result, he gave her a child.  Pandu's Curse Pandu and his two wives left the palace to go live in the forest to enjoy nature. In his time in the forest, Pandu enjoyed to hunt deers, but he made a grave mistake one day when killed a couple while they were intimate with one another. The man cursed Pandu that if he becomes intimate with a women he would die. Hastinapur was in need of a king now, but Kunti finally told Pandu about her gift. Pandu got happy and told her to summon a god to give Hastinapur a king.  Sons of Pandu ...

The Mahabharata: Karmic Revolution         I really liked the illustration during the mini video series because it made the story more interesting and fun to listen. I think the video series did a good job overall summarizing some of the Mahabharata. It started with King Shantanu of Hastinapura falling in love a river goddess named Ganga. They marry under the condition that the king doesn't question her. Ganga ends up drowning seven of their sons once they were born. When she had the eight son, the king couldn't take it anymore and question her. She explains to him about the curse and leaves with their son. After many years pass, the king finally reunites with his son and brings him back to be the prince in the kingdom. King Shantanu falls in love with a fisherman's daughter, but can't marry her unless he allows her children to become king. However, the king could not do this since his son was promised to be the next king. Later, his son goes to the fisherman to co...