Every event is karma –
King Shantanu fell in love with Ganga and because of this love caused the
events to happen.
I love the drawing You
tube videos and wish I could make one.
AHA!!! 16 years later
is when King Shantanu meets his eighth son Devavrat and had been taught war by Sage
Parshuran and knowledge of shastras by Vashishthra.
He brought him to the
Kingdom and they were all happy with the prince who would be king, but Dad fell
in love with a woman who wouldn’t marry him because of the Prince’s claim on
Kingship
Devavrat decides to
take matters into his hands, not at the request of his dad or by his dad saying
he was sad
Interesting that
Devavrat was “the kind” and turned into “Bhishma – he of terrible oath” and that
he then took off with Satyavati
*OHHHH, Dad realized
that it was a bad deal that Bhishma had chosen to give up the Kingdom for his
Dad’s happiness so he gave him a boon, which was that he could pick the moment
of his death.
I love how Bhishma has
aged in the illustrations!
He always storms off
with the ladies! Noticing that half-bro VIchitraveerya is not well he gets him
a wife.
Amba went to King
Shalva whom she loved but he said since Bhishma took her that is who she
belonged to, and the best advice would be to marry him. She went back and
begged so that she didn’t end up not belonging anywhere. She got pissed and
told him she would be his end since he ruined her life by taking her from her swayamvara.
****Woah! His old teacher
Parshuran challenged him in a fight to the death because he wouldn’t marry
Amba. 23 days went by and no winner
Vyas is introduced, a
son born to Bheesm step-mom prior to her marriage to his Dad. He was a son,
became man in moments and great poet named Vyas that must be kept secret but
would come if he was summoned. That time was now.
The widows of Vichi
were scared because Vyas was not pretty and their fears were the future.
Ambika covered her
eyes because of Vyas’ looks, Vyas knew that the child would be born blind and
told the Queen mother.
Since Satyavati knew
this ahead of time, she instructed Ambalika not to close her eyes. She didn’t
but turned pale. Vyas told the Queen mother and she said for him to visit her a
second time…Um, you can’t get pregnant again if you are already pregnant.
Weird.
Instead Ambalika sends
in the servant girl and she accepted him no issues.
Three boys were born,
Dhrit – the blind one, Pandu (weak and pale), and Vidura(smart and wise,
possible avatar of Yama, but of a servant girl so no claim to throne)
***There was a rivalry
that Bhisma didn’t see
Dhrit came of age and
took throne, but all knew even the ministers that Pandu ran the kingdom with
council from Vidura.
***Bhisma hid the fact
that Dhrit was blind when he went to the King of Gandhar for the princess. Princess
Gandhari of Gandhar blindfolded herself for life and married Dhrit saying she
knew her husband would be blind.
Secretly her brother
Shakuni, decided to avenge this injustice someday.
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| Queen Gandhari blinding herself for life |
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