Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Week 9 Reading: Mahanharata A

 

 

 

Shantanu the Unfortunate asked to marry sataiwati - river goddes

she made him promise never to question her decisions. She drowned her children, and he asked her what the heck was up


she said they were cursed to live a mortal life, so she freed her children to release them from this curse.

She then left him and took his son with her.

RETURN OF THE EIGHTH SON

16 years later

he was crying on the banks of the river when he heard some fighting.

A young archer was shooting some junk

His wife then appeared to him, and said yo bro this is your son

He brought the prince back and everyone loved the future king.

This current king fell in love with a the daughter of a fisherman.

She said nah, my children will be second to your first born children.

King mad, so he stopped meeting everyone and threw a fit

The prince saw this, so he dipped out to make his daddy happy

the prince begged the fisherman to let his daighter marry his father

he offered to give up the throne, but the fisherman stil lsaid no

the prince swore an OATH

IT WAS EPIIIICCCCCC

he vowed to never marry or father children for the sake of his father's happiness

became known as Bishma - he of the terrible oath.

He took the daugher and presented her to his dad

but the king was MADDDDDDD about the oath

he said without his consent death would not touch his son

 

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