“Then the handsome Kunti was united (in intercourse) with the god of justice in his spiritual form and obtained from him a son devoted to the good of all creatures. And she brought his excellent child…. an incorporeal voice (from the skies) said,…And this first child of Pandu shall be known by the name of w:YudhishtiraYudhishthira. Possessed of prowess and honesty of disposition, he shall be a famous king, known throughout the three worlds.”

—  Kunti

The Mahabharata/Book 1: Adi Parva/Section CXXIII

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