Bhishma wanted Pandu, the king of
Hastinapur, to get married. Kunti, the adopted daughter of King Kuntibhoja,
chose Pandu as her husband and was married to him.
Princess
Madri of Madra kingdom also wanted to marry Pandu, so she became his second
wife.
Gandhari,
the princess of Gandhara kingdom, was chosen as the bride for Dhritarashtra.
Dhritarashtra was blind, and Gandhari did not want to be better than her
husband in any respect. So she tied a silk bandage on her eyes and pledged
never to remove it. A suitable bride was also chosen for Vidura , the minister
of Hastinapur, who was raised as a brother of Pandu and Dhritarashtra .
As time
passed, Kunti gave birth to three sons Yudhistira, Bhima,and Arjuna. Madri gave
birth to twins and name Nakula and Sahadeva . As these five were the sons of
Pandu , they are called the Pandavas.
