Nakula’s Family Tree

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Family

• Madri(parent),Pandu(parent),Sahadeva(sibling)— Marriage · Miraculous

  Pandu wed Madri, princess of Madra, as his second wife. When Kunti shared her divine mantra, Madri invoked the twin Ashvins and bore the twins Nakula and Sahadeva, the youngest of the five Pandavas.

• Draupadi(spouse),Shatanika(child)— Marriage

  Nakula and Draupadi, wed alongside his four brothers in their shared marriage, had a son Shatanika who fought at Kurukshetra and died in Ashvatthama's night massacre of the Pandava camp.

Member of

• Pandavas

  The five Pandava brothers — Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva — each fathered by a different god through Kunti's and Madri's divine boons, stood together from exile through war as the heroes of the Mahabharata.

Associated with

• Kurukshetra

  Nakula fought at Kurukshetra as one of the Pandava commanders, wielding his sword against the Kaurava ranks. He slew Karna's sons Chitrasena and Sushena in battle and survived all eighteen days of the war.