Reading Notes... Part A Mahabharata

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Vyasa


Vyasa: Vyasa was born to the foster daughter of a fisherman in promise that she would return to being a virgin and that she would lose her fishy smell. 

The fisherman kept the young girl after he found her and her brother inside a fish who had encountered a man's semen as he flew over the pond. The brother was sent away and he kept the girl.

Ganga: King Shantanu came across her and wanted to marry. They sons and each time one was born she cast them to the Ganges river. Shantanu could not complain because he vowed to never go against  her. When the eighth son was born he finally let the rage out and she left him taking the child. She then returned and left the child with Shantanu before leaving again. 


Devavrata: He was heir to the throne. King Shantanu came across Satyavati and wanted to marry. The fisherman had one condition for marriage to his daughter and that was that their son be heir to the throne. Shantanu could not disinherit Devavrata so he left with a heavy heart. Devavrata found out and vowed to give up royalty and his heir to the throne. 

King Shantanu encounters Satyavati. [source]

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