Question

why did the king go into the forest and with whom

Answer 1

Pandu committed a crime of killing a deer that was engaged in coitus with its mate, the couple being a sage and his wife in deer form. He was cursed; if he tried to have sex he would die. He then felt that he should not rule and hence he went into the forest as an exile

Answer 2

Pandu committed a crime of killing a deer that was engaged in coitus with its mate, the couple being a sage and his wife in deer form. He was cursed; if he tried to have sex he would die. He then felt that he should not rule and hence he went into the forest as an exile