पृथा

paandu ka vivah shoorasen ki kanya pritha se hua, usi ko kuanti ke nam se bhi jana jata tha, jo shrikrishna ki bua lagati thi. kuanti ki seva se prasann hokar durvasa rrishi ne use ek aisa mantr bataya tha jisase vah kisi devata ka ahvan kar sakati thi. kaumary mean hi kuanti ne mantr ki pariksha lene ke lie soory ka ahvan kiya tatha soory ki kripa se use ek putr ki prapti huee. lok-laj ke bhay se kuanti ne use ganga mean baha diya. kauravoan ke sarathi adhirath ne usaka palan-poshan kiya. karn ke nam se prasiddh yah balak sarathi dvara pala gaya tha, isilie soot-putr kahalaya. kuanti se paandu ke tin putr hue -

1. yudhishthir,
2. bhim tatha
3. arjun.

panne ki pragati avastha

adhar

prarambhik

madhyamik

poornata

shodh