Jai Sriman Narayana !!
The
great epic Mahabharath was composed by Maharishi Veda Vyasa/Krishna Dwaipayana,
son of Sage Parasara and Sathyavati, a woman from fishermen clan. Mahabharath describes the legend of Bharatha
Dynasty. It was written in 18 Parva
such as Adhi Parva, Sabha Parva, Vana Parva, Virada Parva, Udhyoga Parva,
Bhishma Parva, Drona Parva, Karna Parva, Shalya Parva, Soupthika Parva, Stri
Parva, Shanthi Parva, Anushasana Parva, Ashwamedha Parva, Ashramavasika Parva,
Musala Parva, Mahaprasthanika Parva and Swargarohana Parva and each Parva has
divided into many Upaparva and has chapters in detail. Adhi Parva depicts the life of King
Dushyantha and his wife Shakunthala and their son Sarvadhamanan, who was
famously known as Bharatha, a righteous ruler of Bharatha Empior.
Lord
Brahma created deities, Sages and Prajapathis.
It was the beginning of the growth of human race from the sixty
daughters of Daksha Prajapathi.
Pururavass, Yayathi, Puru, Dushyantha,
Bharatha, Shanthanu were born in the family of Dithi, one of the
daughters of Daksha Prajapathi.
Birth
of Drutharashtra, Pandu & Vidur:
Ambika
and Ambilika were married to Vichithraveerya, who was seriously ill due to his
desecrated behavior; therefore he was incapable to perform any of the royal affairs,
eventually he passed away without providing any legal heir to the throne of
Hasthinapur. Once again, Sathyavati and
Bhishma were horrified at the ill-fated incident and the thought of Hasthinapur
will crumple without its ruler. After a
series of thought, it was decided that the widows of Vichithraveerya would be
able to have children on a source called ‘ Niyoga’ from Maharishi Veda Vyasa,
the children born would be treated as the son of Vichithraveerya and legal heir
to the throne. There was a custom
prevailed in those days that the childless widows of royal family can have
child from a Brahmin or any deities in order to protect the Kingdom and its
people. Maharishi Veda Vyasa appeared
before his mother Sathyavati as promised earlier to be ever present whenever
remembered. After listening to his
mother, Maharishi Veda Vyasa immersed in a deep thought, Ambika and Ambalika are princess, their
desires and expectation will be entirely different from an ascetic, a forest
dweller. It’s necessary to have union of
souls with identical desire and attitude for the couple to have a virtuous
offspring. Maharishi Veda Vyasa approached
Ambika, but she was horror-struck seeing an old ascetic and closed her eyes in extreme
dislike during their physical relationship.
Thus, the child born to this couple was Drutharashtra, a blind. Shortly, Maharishi Vyasa approached Ambalika,
she turned out pale seeing her partner and the child born was Pandu. There was a maid servant in the palace
received Maharishi Veda Vyasa with utmost reverence, Maharishi was pleased at
her hospitality and blessed her with a virtuous and most intelligent child Vidura,
an incarnation of Dharmarajan. Years passed by the three children were grown into
charming young adults. Drutharashtra was attractive with great
physical features and possessed immense strength, he was exceptionally skilled
in Astra & Sastra and over ambitious.
His irresistible desire to be crowned
as the Emperor of Hasthinapur has driven him arrogant and frustrated. Pandu was also equally possessed amazing
skills in Astra & Sastra, he was extraordinarily calm and amicable in nature,
and he had great respect and love towards his brother Drutharashtra. Vidura
was always treated as inferior as he was born to a maid servant in the
palace. He was possessed all the virtues
and had profound knowledge in Dharma Sastra.
Years later, Vidura became the chief in the Ministry of Hasthinapur,
determined to reinstate righteousness throughout the great epic.
Previous
birth of Vidura :
Sage
Mandavya underwent severe austerities and attained remarkable status. Once, the sage was immersed in deep
meditation on the river banks. Suddenly,
there were a few thieves appeared on the scene were chased by the army of
King. The thieves were helpless; they
hurriedly put down their baggages contained the stolen items near the Sage and
vanished. The army men reached the spot
where Sage Mandavya was absorbed in meditation and found the baggage of stolen
items. They mistook the Sage as the
thief and punished him ruthlessly. They
pierced his body with the trident but nothing had happened to Sage Mandavya
with his severe austerities. This
incident was duly informed to the King who was ruled this city; he rushed to
the spot to witness the Sage and begged for forgiveness, eventually released
Sage Mandavya from the tip of the trident.
Sage Mandavya was furious at the above happening; he was furious about
his ill fate and was fuming against Lord Yama/Dharmarajan who is responsible to
punish his subjects according to their Karma.
Sage Mandavya rushed to Dharmarajan and engaged in a serious debate,
questioned him was that fair handling to a person who lived in the constant memories
of Lord and searching for salvation.
Dharmarajan narrated the childhood pranks of Sage Mandavya, it was his
fun activities to kill the flies with sharp nails, and therefore the pains
caused to the flies brought the same bad luck to him. Sage Mandavya was not satisfied with the
justification given by Dharmarajan and refused to accept, childhood pranks should
not be included to declare punishment and those are unacceptable. In a rage Sage Mandavya cursed Dharmarajan to
be born on Earth and undergo the agonies and sorrows. Thus, Dharmarajan
was born as Vidura to Maharishi Veda Vyasa and the maid servant in the palace
of Hasthinapur. Vidura makes every
effort to reinstate righteousness throughout the great epic Mahabharath.
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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