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His desire was not satiated. Should it not be I who goes to the region of the dead to gratify him? I am still clasping him even now and will not allow him to go without me.

Gathering her senses, Mādrī replied, “O sister, with tears in my eyes I tried to resist him, yet he could not

Pāṇḍu could not suppress his desire. He had kept himself in check for twelve years and had not dared to contemplate embracing his wives.

Despite all her protests she had not been able to prevent her husband’s death.

She did not even apply cosmetics or perfumes. If Pāṇḍu did not stop, he would doubtlessly be destroyed. She had to prevent him.

They did not accept royal comforts or beds, and they wept along with the Kuru elders.

I do not dispute that. But will my own son become the king after him?

Do not hesitate, O King. This child must be cast away at once.”

He could not allow his son to be cast away. He shook his head slowly and said nothing in reply.

Overpowered by desire, he could not even hear her as she reminded him about the curse.

Although she longed to follow her husband, Kuntī could not be so cruel to her co-wife.