The Three Brothers of Kuru Family - Part 2: Pandu & Vidur

Three brothers engineered by Satyavati. One blind. One pale. One the wisest person in every room - and never allowed to be king.

This is the story of a king who delivered everything the dynasty asked for and lost it all in one moment in a forest. And the wisest person in Hastinapur, who speaks truth his entire life and is never listened to. This is the story of Pandu & Vidur.

This is the generation that built the conditions of the Mahabharat that we know.

SOURCES:

• Bibek Debroy: The Mahabharata (10 vols.), Penguin Books India, 2010–2014
• Ramesh Menon: The Mahabharata (retelling)
• Devdutt Pattanaik: Jaya

EPISODE CALLBACKS

• Durvasa: Bonus episode on Angry Sages
• Niyoga and Vyasa: Ep 7
• Satyavati as the GOAT matriarch: Ep 7
• Dhritarashtra, Gandhari, and the succession crisis: Ep 9

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