The Mahabharata Podcast

After the youthful beautiful Madri, second wife of former King Pandu, followed her husband into the afterworld upon the agreement with Kunti that she would on her own rear their five children, this episode looks at the immediate aftermath. The reaction of sages, the arrangement of the funerals, and ultimately the next steps for them as a family of a very different identity that they had lived in the forest with.Transcript available on websiteLonesome Journey by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoonAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ “Dying Light”, HUKUMusic provided by https://slip.streamUndertow by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.auMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Adrift Among Infinite Stars by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.auMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/I Walk With Ghosts by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.auMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Artwork partially created with Adobe Firefly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Following the birth of the three sons of Kunti, and two of Mādri, whose seeds were those of none other than demigods, and after Mādri asking if she could have more children, there was an anticlimax in the peaks of Satashringa. After Kunti’s refusal to Mādri’s request for more children of her own, forest life resumed, however it didn’t take long for a major disaster to come. This episode covers the fruition of the curse of Sage Kindama, that when Pandu engages in sexual intercourse with his wife, he shall leave his body. Discussions ensue between Kunti and Mādri over who of them should follow him to the afterlife, concluding in Mādri doing the same.Transcript available on websiteMusic:Ambient Nature Music | Nature by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Hiraeth by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.auMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Permafrost by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.auMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Artwork partially created with Adobe Firefly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the peaks of the Satashringa mountains, following the birth of the three, most magnificent sons of Kunti, with Dharma, the God of justice, Vayu, the God of wind, and Indra, the king of Gods, what would this incredible pursuit lead to next. This episode explores the feeling of Pandu after this, and the reception by Kunti, of the same, as well as finally, the role Pandu’s second wife, Madri, would play.Transcript available on website.MusicForest Walk by Alexander Nakarada | https://creatorchords.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Dying Light by slip.streamPeaceful Forest - Into Oblivion by Darren CurtisCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ 'Penumbra' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.auArtwork partially created with Adobe Firefly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After hearing that it had been seen by the wise ones, that he would have children, Pandu was enthused, and had approached Kunti on the matter. Soliciting her ideas on the matter, and eventually asking her to make an advancement on it. The episode covers how it is that Kunti managed to birth children, who would in name, be the sons of Pandu according to the ordinance.Transcript available on website.MusicForest Walk by Alexander Nakarada | https://creatorchords.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Aurora by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.auMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Suspensify by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.comRoyalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Chasing Shadows, Music by StudioKolomna from Pixabay'Penumbra' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au'Titan' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.auArtwork partially created with Adobe Firefly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After receiving the curse of the sage Kindama in the guise of a deer, King Pandu seemed to be fated to have no children of his own. This episode shares what happens when he entered renounced life, and the vision of the sages that he would have progeny. Kunti and Pandu debate and explore which paths they may follow to have children.Transcript available on website.MusicForest Walk by Alexander Nakarada | https://creatorchords.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Lonesome Journey by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoonAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Dhaka MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ MANTRA by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Solemn Choral Piece No. 1 by Steven O'Brien | https://www.steven-obrien.net/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY-ND 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/Artwork partially created in Adobe Firefly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.