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Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
The tragic and heroic figure of Queen Kuntī emerges from an explosive era in the history of ancient India. As …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
Pāṇḍu became king because his elder brother Dhṛtarāṣṭra had been born blind, a condition that excluded him from direct succession. …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
Meanwhile, Pāṇḍu had taken two wives, Mādrī and Kuntī. Originally named Pṛthā, Kuntī was the daughter of Śūrasena, the chief …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
After Kuntī married Pāṇḍu, he was placed under a curse that prevented him from begetting children. So he renounced the …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
Having been blessed with this virtuous son, Pāṇḍu then asked Kuntī for a son of great physical strength. Thus Kuntī …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
Thereafter Pāṇḍu consulted with great sages in the forest and then asked Kuntī to observe vows of austerity for one …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
Now, since Pāṇḍu had retired from the throne and gone to the forest, Dhṛtarāṣṭra had temporarily assumed the throne until …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
After Pāṇḍu’s death, the sages living in the forest brought the five young princes and Kuntī to the Kaurava court …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
But a smooth transfer of power was not to be. Although Dhṛtarāṣṭra had at first recognized the primogeniture of Yudhiṣṭhira, …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
Miraculously, however, Kuntī and the Pāṇḍavas repeatedly escaped death, for they were under the loving protection of Lord Kṛṣṇa, who …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
When the thirteen-year exile had ended, the Pāṇḍavas returned to Hastināpura to reclaim their kingdom. But Duryodhana bluntly refused to …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
Fierce fighting raged for eighteen days on the historic plain of Kurukṣetra (near Hastināpura), and in the end all but …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
Arrested and dragged to the Pāṇḍavas’ camp like a bound animal, Aśvatthāmā was let free only by the astounding compassion …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
Having delivered the Pāṇḍavas from this last calamity, and seeing that all His plans were fulfilled, Lord Kṛṣṇa was again …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
Kuntī was Lord Kṛṣṇa’s aunt (He had incarnated as the son of her brother Vasudeva), yet despite this conventional tie …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
Kṛṣṇa had accomplished His purpose of “annihilating the miscreants” by orchestrating the destruction of the unholy Kauravas. Then He installed …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
As Kuntī approached the Lord’s chariot and began to address Him, her immediate purpose was to persuade Him to remain …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
O my Lord … are You leaving us today, though we are completely dependent on Your mercy and have no …
Teachings of Queen Kuntī Introduction
From this supplication we should not mistakenly conclude that Kuntī’s prayers were self-serving. Although her sufferings were far greater than …
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