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.
Sahadeva and Draupadi, the youngest pair in the Pandavas' shared marriage, had a son Shrutasena who perished alongside his brothers in Ashvatthama's treacherous night raid.
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.
Sahadeva fought at Kurukshetra alongside his Pandava brothers. Known for his wisdom and skill with the sword, he slew Shakuni, the architect of the dice game, on the eighteenth day of battle.
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