Pandu

Half-Brothers * Vidura (from Maryada) * Dhritarashtra (from Ambika) | children = Sons from Kunti * Yudhishthira by Yama * Bhima by Vayu * Arjuna by Indra Sons from Madri * Nakula by Ashvins * Sahadeva by Ashvins | relatives = Half-Cousins see Niyoga * Shuka (from Vatikā) }} In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Pandu (Sanskrit: पाण्डु, romanized: Pāṇḍu, lit. 'pale') was a king of the Kuru Kingdom. He was the foster-father of the five Pandava brothers, who were the boons bestowed upon his wife Kunti by a number of deities, owing to his inability to bear children following sage Kindama's curse. He belonged to the lunar dynasty of the class of Kshatriyas.