Kunti Quotes

In Mahabharata, Kunti or Pritha was the daughter of Shurasena, and the foster daughter of his cousin Kuntibhoja. She is the aunt of Krishna. She was married to King Pandu of Hastinapur and was the mother of Karna and the Pandavas Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakul and Sahadeva. She was the paternal aunt of Krishna, Balarama, and Subhadra. She was the step mother or foster mother of Nakula and Sahadeva. She was very beautiful and intelligent. She is often regarded as one of the protagonists of the Mahabharata. Wikipedia  

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“Where were you, he asked her, when I needed you the most? Did you ever hold me in your arms? Did you feed me? Did you ever look for me? Did you wonder where I might be?”

[[w:Karna|Karna with elation and anger at the revelation asked Kunti, in: p. 232-33.
The God of Small Things

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“Who was she? Who was my mother? Tell me where she is. Take me to her.”

Karna looking up to Kunti asked her, in: p. 232.
The God of Small Things

Kunti Quotes

“Kunti to Vidura when she found that her second Bhima had gone missing.”

The Mahabharata/Book 1: Adi Parva/Section CXXIX

“English translation: Ahalya, Draupadi, Kunti, Tara and
Mandodari: constantly remembering
these virgin five destroys greatfailings.”

Pradip Bhattacharya in: Five Holy Virgins, Five Sacred Myths A Quest for Meaning http://www.manushi-india.org/pdfs_issues/PDF%20141/03%20panchakanya%204-12.pdf, Manushi

“What, O Kunti, am I to give thee? Tell me what is in thy heart.”

Vayu to Kunti when Kunti invoked him.
The Mahabharata/Book 1: Adi Parva/Section CXXIII

“Think thou, without loss of time, of some celestial, and thou shall certainly obtain from him a child like unto him.”

Kunti to Madri
The Mahabharata/Book 1: Adi Parva/Section CXXIV

“Kunti wins two boons from the encounter: her own virgo intacta and special powers for her son.”

Five Holy Virgins, Five Sacred MythsOf Kunti and Satyawati Sexually Assertive Women of the Mahabharata

“Did you know how much I missed you?”

Source: The God of Small Things, p. 233.

“How am I to obtain a very superior son who shall achieve world-wide fame?”

Pandu
After this, the Kuru king Pandu, taking counsel with the great Rishis commanded Kunti to observe an auspicious vow for one full year.
The Mahabharata/Book 1: Adi Parva/Section CXXIII

“They are your brothers. Your own flesh and blood. Promise me that you will not go to war against them. Promise me that.”

Kunti's request to Karna, in: P. 233.
The God of Small Things

“By birth, she is a Yadava and her brother’s son is Krishna, one of the major shapers of epic action.”

Five Holy Virgins, Five Sacred MythsOf Kunti and Satyawati Sexually Assertive Women of the Mahabharata

“Are they all his children? “How can they be?” “Whose else could they be?”

The citizens of Hastinapura watched the sad procession, in: p. 32.
The End Of An Epoch

“The wise have declared that a Kshatriya must be endued with physical strength, otherwise he is no Kshatriya.”

Pandu addressing Kunti for begetting more children.
The Mahabharata/Book 1: Adi Parva/Section CXXIII

“Give me, O best of celestials, a child endued with great strength and largeness of limbs and capable of humbling the pride of every body.”

Kunti to Vayu.
The god of wind thereupon begat upon her the child afterwards known as Bhima of mighty arms and fierce prowess.
The Mahabharata/Book 1: Adi Parva/Section CXXIII

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