Episode 12 of the conversations between Yogita Pant and Anil Chawla discusses the incident that made Paandu incapable of having a biological child. Paandu spotted a mating deer couple. He shot arrows and killed the couple. It turned out that the deer was actually a muni who used to take the form of a deer. Muni Kindam cursed King Paandu that the King would suffer the same way as the Muni suffered and would die as and when he attempted to have sex. This was devastating. Paandu decided to turn a tapaswee and give up all ornaments. His wives also promised that they would stay with him but would lead a life of abstinence. Living the life of an ascetic, Paandu developed good relations with various rishis. Once when Paandu was feeling sorry about having to die without a child, the rishis told him that they could see him being blessed with very good children. The rishis asked Paandu to try to become a father. (Mahabharat/Aadiparv/Sambhav Parv/Chapter 117-119).   Production support: Friends and well-wishers. ***** महाभारत और वाल्मीकि रामायण हिन्दू धर्म के दो मूलभूत आधार ग्रन्थ हैं। महाभारत जीवन के हर पहलू के सम्बन्ध में शिक्षा प्रदान करता है। इसमें जो संघर्ष है वह भिन्न भिन्न जीवन मूल्यों का द्वन्द्व है। जिन मूलभूत मूल्यों एवं आदर्शों के लिए राम ने रावण से युद्ध किया, उन्हीं को स्थापित करने और सशक्त करने के लिए द्वैपायन कृष्ण और वासुदेव कृष्ण भी अथक अनवरत प्रयास करते हैं। इस कथा को जान कर, समझ कर और उससे प्राप्त शिक्षा को आचरण में उतार कर हम अपने जीवन को सुखद एवं समृद्ध बना सकते हैं।   Mahabharat and Valmiki Ramayan are the two fundamental foundation epics of Hinduism. Mahabharat teaches one about every aspect of life. The struggle in the epic is the clash between two different life-values. Dwaipaayan Krishn and Vaasudev Krishn put in relentless and continuous efforts to establish and strengthen the same fundamental values and ideals for which Ram fought the war against Raavan. By learning and understanding this story and by adopting the learnings into our behaviour we can make our life happy and rich.   ***** Website - http://samarthbharat.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hinduthinker Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnilThinker Hubhopper - https://hubhopper.com/podcast/valmiki-ramayan-ke-ram/339465 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/samarth.bharat/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/77iwIF32X1ATf6Uw7Trej4?si=c204e7c9ca3844fc YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@valmikiramayan    TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@samarth_bharat Please donate by paying to 9406528010@paytm using any UPI app in India. ***** Anil Chawla is an engineer - B.Tech. (Mech. Engg.) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He is also a Master of Laws (LL.M.), a practicing advocate specializing in corporate law and an Insolvency Professional.  Yogita Pant is Master of Laws (LL.M.) and Master of Personnel Management. She is also a practicing advocate specializing in corporate law and an Insolvency Professional. Both are Partners in Anil Chawla Law Associates LLP - http://www.indialegalhelp.com