Mahabharat — Season 1, Episode 9: Murder and Penance

Episode synopsis

While hunting, Pandu accidentally kills a Sage. To do penance Pandu decides to spend his life in exile and entrusts his Kingdom to Dhritarastra. In time five children - Yudhishtra, Bheem, Arjun, Nakul and Sahadeva, are born to Kunti and Madri. Dhritarastra had a hundred sons from Gandhari, the eldest being Duryodhana.

About Mahabharat

A dynastic struggle occurs for the throne of Hastinapur, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan, between the Kauravas and Pandavas, collateral branches of the clan, which causes the Kurukshetra War.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Raja Bharat and Raja Shantanu
• E2Ganga Kills Her Sons
• E3Bhishma is Big
• E4Bhisma Pratigya & Iccha Mrityu Vardaan
• E5Amba, Ambika and Ambalika
• E6Royal Lineage
• E7Gandhari and Kunti
• E8Kunti, Madri and The Retreat
• E10(Krishna Katha) Kans and The Prophecy
• E11(Krishna Katha) Six Infanticides and Birth of Balram and Krishna
• E12(Krishna Katha) Pootna Vadh and Move To Nandgaon
• E13(Krishna Katha) Divine Childhood