Nakula is the fourth
of the five Pandava brothers, the epic's adversaries, in the Mahabharata, the
later of the two major Hindu epics.
Madri, Nakula's mother, is King Pandu's younger wife.
Pandu has been cursed to perish the minute he hugs his bride
in loving embrace, hence none of the Pandava brothers are genuinely his kids.
Instead, they are magically generated by the influence of a
mantra given by the sage Durvasas to Madri's co-wife, Kunti.
The lady who recites the mantra has the ability to summon
any of the gods in order to have a son who will be as strong as the deity
himself.
Kunti teaches Madri the mantra with Pandu's approval.
She thinks of the Ashvins, the heavenly twins who serve as
the gods' healers.
As a result, she has twins.
Both Nakula and Sahadeva are adept healers of animals and
humans as the offspring of the gods' doctors.
Despite being two of the five Pandava brothers, Nakula and
Sahadeva are less significant in the Mahabharata than their three older
siblings.
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