Reading Notes: Mahabharatha

King Shantanu and Ganga

  • King Shantanu was wedded to the goddess Ganga 
  • Ganga consented to be the human mother to the Vasus and cast them into the Ganges as soon as they were born so they could return to their celestial state 
  • Ganga made each of them promise an eighth of their power onto her son who would live to stay human
  • the goddess gave birth to the first son and casted him into the Ganges, the king was horrified 
  • this continued seven times
  • finally the king was disgusted by his mouth and broke his vow 
  • she eventually came back to bring the king their one son named Devavrata 

  • the king Chedi, uparichara, scared other gods into thinking he was going to steal their power
  • the gods sent Indra to bribe him with a flying car 
  • he was flying one day and his semen fell into a river
  • a female fish swallowed the semen
  • ten months pass
  • the female fish was caught by a fisherman and two children came out also
  • the fisherman tells the king 
  • the king takes the boy but leaves the girl to be raised by the fisherman's family 
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