Week 11 Story: Pandu's Son's Rivalry

Pandu's Son's Rivalry This story begins with the death of Pandu, a king with five tall sons. His older brother, who is blind, becomes the new king. However, it is known that even in the wake of Pandu’s untimely death it that Pandu’s brother would shortly follow. So, he was simply serving as an interim king. This raised a lot of chatter in the kingdom over who would be the next king and ultimately rule for the next one hundred years. The issue arose in the fact that Pandu had five sons. The eldest was the rightful heir to the throne. However, since Pandu’s brother was now the king technically, he wanted his son to be the next king. This was understandable, but the throne was supposed to be Pandu’s sons birth right. After a few months of reign, Pandu’s brother, the blind king began to realize that he was getting sick and could not look after the kingdom any longer. So, he needed t...