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In "Birth of Pandavas and Kauravas" it says

"Pandu had two jewels of wives, viz., Kunti, also called Pritha, and Madri. Pandu was childless. So Kunti raised up offspring upon the wishes of Pandu. By Dharma she had Yudhishthira; by Maruta, Bhima: and by Sakra, Arjuna. On Madri were raised by the twin Aswins, the twins Nakula and Sahadeva. These five became well known as the Pandavas."

In the Mahabharat TV shows they say that Kunti first had Karna, and that all the 5 pandavas were born by her and begotten by various gods subsequent to a boon she had received by Indra (? or was it Surya) that she could call upon any god (to conceive a child). Is this not part of the Mahabharat text? Did they make that up for the TV shows?? Gschadow 17:45, 31 December 2006 (UTC)