Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1844

c8.1844

6) *Curse of a sage.* While Pāṇḍu was once walking with his wives in the forest he saw a couple of deer playfully running about and the hunting nature in him made him send an arrow against one of them. The deer was none other than the sage Kindama who in the guise of a deer was having sport with his mate. While falling dead Kindama cursed Pāṇḍu thus "Oh wretched King, you will fall dead the moment you touch your wife in amorous sport." From that day onwards Pāṇḍu could not touch his wives. (For details see under Kindama).