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.
King
Pandu brought enormous wealth after winning over the battles with the neighboring
countries; this wealth was reverentially handed to Bhishma Pithamaha and
Sathyavati. It was fairly distributed to
the members of Kurus: Drushtharashtra,
Ambika , Ambalika and Vidura. Ambalika
embraced Pandu with lots of affection and shed tears of joy at the victory of
her son. Durtharashtra conducted a grand Yaga’s
equivalent to Ashwamedha Yaga with the wealth he received from his dearest
brother, on this occasion he has donated abundance of alms in the form of
golden coins to the Vedic Brahmins. The
Kingdom of Hasthinapur and its people praised the glories of King Pandu. The people of Hasthinapur lived a happy and
prosperous life.
It
was the collective decision to send King Pandu and his wives Kunthi and Madhri for
recreation to the woodlands, in order to alleviate from the physical and mental
weariness caused by the prolonged battle with the neighboring countries. This couple prepared to leave comforts and
luxuries of the palace. They proceeded to woodlands, constructed a
beautiful hermitage in the lush land of Sala tree in the Himalayas. King pandu merrily wandered through the rich
lush land like Airavatha with his wives Kunthi and Madhri. King Pandu cheerfully chased deer’s, the
people resided in the forest thought that it was not an ordinary human but deity
from the celestial world. Drutharashtra made all the arrangements to
send the requirements for King Pandu and his wives.
In
the meantime, Bhishma came to know about the beautiful daughter of King Devaka
who was born to a Shudra woman. Bhishma
visited the Kingdom of King Devaka and informed the purpose of his visit to
receive his gorgeous daughter’s hand for Vidur, chief of the Assembly of
Kurus. The marriage of Vidur with the daughter of
King Devaka was performed according to the prescribed rules. This couple blessed with virtuous and
intelligent offspring’s, they were the mirror image of Vidur.
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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