Nakula

In the Mahabharata, the later of the
two great Hindu epics, Nakula is the
fourth of the five Pandava brothers,
the epic’s antagonists. Nakula’s mother,
Madri, is the younger wife of King Pandu.
None of the Pandava brothers are actually
Pandu’s sons, since he has been cursed to
die the moment he holds his wife in
amorous embrace. Instead, they are magically created through the effect of a
mantra given to Madri’s co-wife, Kunti, by
the sage Durvasas. The mantra gives the
woman who recites it the power to call
down any of the gods to conceive a son
who will be as powerful as the god himself.
With Pandu’s blessing Kunti teaches the
mantra to Madri. She meditates on the
Ashvins, the divine twins who are the
physicians of the gods. Thus, she bears
twins. As the sons of the physicians of the
gods, both Nakula and Sahadeva are
skilled healers of animals and human
beings. Although Nakula and Sahadeva
are among the five Pandava brothers, they
are less important to the Mahabharata
than their three elder siblings.