Sahadeva swore to kill him when Draupadi was humiliated at the dice game. Near the end of the war, Shakhuni fought Sahadeva with swords on chariots. The eldest Pandava brother was led astray and the Pandavas were forced to exile from the entire kingdom twelve years and then, ultimately, the Kurekshetra war.

Upon the suggestion of his nephew, Duryodhana,orchestrated the infamous and cursed game of dice between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, he succeeded due to Yudhistira's gambling addiction. For that, he swore destruction on Aru Shah's ancestors. The one who suggested this proposal was Bhishma, who also killed Shakuni's father and brothers. Shakhuni deeply loved his sister and felt she had been insulted when she was forced to marry blind king Dhritrashtra. This will leave fans enthralled and clamoring for more.In Mahabharata, Shakhuni was the son of King Subala ,who ruled the kingdom of Gandhara, and the brother of the blind queen, Gandhari.

The most compelling feature of the novel, however, is the complexity of its characters, who, despite their divinity or semidivinity, are at their core very human. Praise for the Pandava Series: *Chokshi seamlessly weaves Indian cosmology and pop culture into a refreshingly feminist plot laced with witty dialogue.

Percy Jackson meets Sailor Moon in this enchanting, funny, and adventuresome series inspired by Hindu stories. If she can reach it before the Sleeper, perhaps she can turn everything around with one wish. Aru believes that the only way to put the shine back on their brand is to find the Kalpavriksha, the wish-granting tree that came out of the Ocean of Milk when it was churned. When the Pandavas fail to prevent the prophecy from reaching the Sleeper's ears, the heavenly attendants ask them to step aside. Turns out the targets, a pair of twins, are the newest Pandava sisters, though the prophecy says that one sister is not true. Fourteen-year-old Aru Shah and her friends are sent on a mission to rescue two targets, one of whom is about to utter a prophecy that could mean the difference between victory and defeat. War between the devas and the demons is imminent, and the Otherworld is on high alert. Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the third book in the best-selling Pandava series by Roshani Chokshi.

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