Editing Pandu (section)

== Kindama's curse ==
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While hunting in a forest (looking from a distance, his vision partially obscured by plants and trees), Pandu saw a couple of deer in the process of [[coitus]], and shot arrows at them; he later discovered that it was the sage [[Kindama]] and his wife who were making love in the form of deer. The dying sage placed a curse on Pandu, for not only had he killed them in the midst of [[lovemaking]], but was not remorseful for his actions either. King Pandu argued with sage Kindama by misquoting sage Agastya's ruling on the right of Kshatriyas' on hunting. Sage Kindama then cursed Pandu that were he to approach his wives with the intent of making love, he would die.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last=Ramankutty|first=P.V.|title=Curse as a motif in the Mahābhārata|year=1999|publisher=Nag Publishers|location=Delhi|isbn=9788170814320|edition=1.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Uberoi|first=Meera|title=The Mahabharata|year=1996 |isbn=9788170702313}}</ref>