Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidur were born from Niyoga There are many occasions in the Mahabharata when we find evidence of the use of this practice. You often hear about this practice in ancient ...

eliminating the birth of Dhritarashtra and Pandu. This, in turn, means that neither the Kauravas nor the Pandavas would have been born, potentially preventing the Mahabharata war altogether.