Madri

Madri (Sanskrit: माद्री; IAST: Mādrī) was a princess of the Madra Kingdom who married Pandu, the king of Hastinapur.

When Pandu was cursed by Rishi Kindama that he will die if he joins his wives in sexual intercourse, Kunti, with his permission, invokes, through the boon bestowed to her by Rishi Durvasa before marriage, the Gods Yama, Vayu and Indra to beget Yudhishthira, Bhimasena and Arjuna, respectively. Seeing this, Madri is sorrowed that she is without any child. At the suggestion of Pandu, Kunti then gives the mantra to Madri, who invokes Ashwini Kumars - the divine twins - from whom she begets the twins - Nakula and Sahadeva [The birth and childhood of Kauravas and the Pandavas].

After the death of Pandu, Madru enters his funeral pyre and dies.

 

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