Sahadeva

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Sahadeva (Sanskrit: सहदेव, sahadéva) is a character in the Mahabharata. He is one of the sons of Madri by the Ashwins, and is one of the Pandava brothers. He has a twin brother named Nakula.

All the five Pandava brothers were wed concurrently to Draupadi, and each had a son by her.

During their incognito in the Matsya kingdom of king Virata, Sahadev was responsible for the cowshed and had taken a vow to kill the king of Gandhara, Shakuni who had tricked them all their life. He was successful in his vow in killing Shakuni the second-last day of battle.

Of the five Pandavas, Sahadeva is the youngest. He is nevertheless referred to as the wisest of all of them. Yudhishtra even speaks of him as wiser than Brihaspati, the divine teacher of the devas.

Sahadeva is supposed to have known the events of the Mahabharata war aforehand but was cursed that if he disclosed the knowledge, his head would split in pieces. Hence, his relatively silent role in the epic compared to the other brothers.

He was also the most favorite son of Kunti and Yudhishtara had chosen him as the one brother to be brought back to life during the exile in forest, when all the other four brothers had died after drinking water from a lake.

Like his brother Nakula, Sahadeva is an expert swordsman. He was also married to Magadhan King Jarasandh's daughter and his brother-in-law's name was also Sahadev.

Reference

Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (ISBN 0500510881) by Anna Dhallapiccola

The Mahabharata by Vyasa
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