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Who taught the mantra to beget sons to kunthi

  1. sage Durvasa

  2. sage narada

  3. sage vyasa

  4. sage vishwamitra
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Sage Durvasa, known for his short temper, taught a mantra to young Kunti when she served him devotedly during his stay at her father's palace. This mantra allowed her to invoke any deity and beget a son. Kunti used it first to test it on Surya (the sun god), resulting in Karna's birth, and later to have Yudhishthira, Bhima, and Arjuna from Yama, Vayu, and Indra respectively.

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