Mahabharata and Satyawati: Mahabharata blog 2

Today I will discuss Satyavati, a character in Mahabharata.Satyawati,the wife of king Shantanu of bharat clan and was the mother of prince Devvrata(Bheeshm).Though,Devvrata was born of river mother Ganges but he loved to Satyawati as mother more than river mother Ganges.Nevertheless ,he respected all mothers equally because"mothers are for respect only whether it be some one's mother".

Shantanu and Satyawati was married on condition that son of Satyawati will be mounted on throne.Devvrata then promised that he will remain unmarried for life and always will defend the throne on Hasthinapur.Due to the Drastic Vows , Devvrata called as Bheeshm because Bheeshm means harshness with uniqueness.

Two Sons, Chitrangad and Vichitraveerya , are born from Satyawati.Vichitraveerya became the king of hasthinapur due to death of Chitrangad in young age.He was neither brave as Bheeshm nor able to produce sons.Therefore , due to stubbornness of Satyawati , an unqualified person became the king of hasthinapur.The problems began to arise in Vichitraveerya's marriage due to his disqualification. So by the order of mother Satyawati Bheeshm hijacked the three princess(Ambaa,Ambika,Ambalika) of kaashi state from their swayamvar or marriage hall to wed them to Vchitraveerya.Swayamvar means a practice of ancient india , under which bride had chosen her groom themselves among the princes present in assembly.For Swayamvar , princes of every state were invited by the bride's father or king of bride's state.But the custom of Swayamvar, was applied to the elite, especially princesses.

That was the foundation of the Mahabharata.The same person who kidnapped the girl was able to marry her but the orders of mother Satyawati ,they were handed over to Vichitraveerya. Now foundation of wrongdoing or 'Adharm' had been kept. And Ambaa revolted against the wrongdoing and while advocates the law or 'Dharm' insisted on marrying Bheeshm. But Bheeshm had promised so Ambaa then went to leave the palace and to take revenge from Bheeshm began to penance or 'Tapa'. Tapa is a process in which a person follows some rules and meditate over the some specific string of words called 'Mantras' and get power from them.
Eventually Vichitraveerya roasted to death and satyawati got her grandsons from sage Vedvyas by 'Nirodh' as her grandson came under the purview of Vichitraveerya. 'Nirodh' was the process under which if a person died or could not to able produce child then his wife could intercourse with some other person , who follows the rules of vedas , to produce children upto three times.These children will be under purview of that first person.

Satyawati, not only ,denied the rights of Bheeshm but also sowed the seeds of injustice and wrongdoing or 'Adharma'. Although Bheeshm was also guilty in this act because he meditated more on his pledge than the 'Dharma' or law or righteousness.Ultimately this seed grew up as gruesome war of kurukshetra . Kurakshetra was the place where mahabharata crusader was fought between Kauravas and pandavas.

But what can we do because it is nature of a mother that she can leave the most valuable thing 'Dharma' or righteousness for her son.

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Mahabharata and Krishna Dvepyana (sage Vedvyas): Mahabharata Blog 1

mahabharata, a great indian epic ,was the timeless and rare creation.I believe that there is no other scripture anywhere else in world that associated with accurate and right interpretation of  'Dharm' or law of nature ,'arth' or money,'kaam' or sexual intercourse only for offspring growth ,'moksha' or salvation ,heroism,love ,sacrifice,diplomacy,politics and 'The Krishna' or untold pleasure.The credit to irrigate the plant of mahabharata and to maintain its pureness goes to the great land of India or 'Aryavart' means the land of Arya genus.So first i salute this holy indian land.

Though the mahabharata begins with 'Devvrat(Bheeshm)',son of king Shantanu ,and with  his ferocious pledge but sage 'vedvyas' or krishan dvepayan was the mere witness from the beginning to end of the mahabharata.

Shri Krishan Dvepayan was born in Brahmin family ,as brahmin is one of among four caste of ancient india as brahmin(Teacher) , kshatriya(protector) , vaishya(businessman) , shrudd(server) , and grew up in rishi aasharm or gurukul or a sage land where education given to students.He was well-informed with law of nature or 'Dharma' and has the great and charming personality.He was the son of a sage and 'Saytawati',a fisher woman,who became the queen of king shantnu later.

Vichitraveerya ,who was the son of king Shantnu and Satyawati and step brother of Bheeshm,became the king of Hasthinapur state after king Shantnu but he was not deserving candidate for being king so by help of Bheeshm he get married with 'Ambaa' and 'Ambika'.Bheeshm abducted both from Kashi state for marring to king vichitraveerya.soon Vichitraveerya killed due to weakness of nervous system.Since he had no children so Sage Vedvyas gave birth the children of vichitraveerya throught 'nirodh' tradition from Ambaa and Ambika.Two Sons,Dhritarashtra and Pandu,had come under the purview of vichitraveerya.Although Vidhur also had come under the purview of vichitraveeya but his mother was female slave of Ambaa and Ambika because at the time of 'nirodh' ambika sent her female slave to sexual intercourse. 

It was the direct contribution of Shri Vedvyas now we will tell about the Indirect contribution of sage Vedvyas in Mahabharata.It was the direct contribution of Shri Vedvyas now we will tell about the Indirect contribution of sage Vedvyas in Mahabharata.

Shri Krishna Dvepayan was desirous to establishment of a kingdom which based on justice,truth and freedom of every mankind.He wanted the kingdom for every person which follow the rules of Vedas or rules of nature or 'Dharm'.He was like shining star 'venus' in sky of 'Dharma' in time of mahabharata.The ethics of Vidhur in Hasthinapur Assembly were the reflection of Shri krishna Dvepayan's ideas.

He gave the divine vision to charioteer Sanjay to take the view of the Mahabharat War face to face from palace.It was needed a special personality to present mahabharata before the world and Shri Krishna Dvepayan fulfill this responsibility efficiently . it is said that lord Ganesha had written mahabharata in the direction of sage Vedvyas so he was  a personality under his guidance lord ganesha pleased to work..

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