![]() ![]() O Satyavati, I repeat the pledge I once gave, viz., I would renounce three worlds, the empire of heaven, anything that may be greater than that, but truth I would never renounce. ![]() You know also all that transpired in connection with your dower. But you know what my vow is in the matter of begetting children. “O mother, what you say is certainly sanctioned by virtue. Thus addressed by his mother and friends and relatives, the virtuous Bhishma, gave this reply conformable to the dictates of virtue, Install yourself on the throne and rule the kingdom of the Bharatas. It beholds you to guard virtue against loss. Therefore, at my command, raise offspring on them for the perpetuation of our line. These wives of your brother, the amiable daughters of the ruler of Kasi, possessing beauty and youth, have become desirous of children. My son and your brother, endued with energy and dear unto you, has gone childless to heaven while still a boy. Hearing me, it beholds you to do my bidding. Therefore, relying on you greatly, I shall appoint you in a certain matter. O virtuous one, you are well-acquainted, in detail and in the abstract, with the dictates of virtue, with various Srutis, and with all the branches of the Vedas know very well that you are equal unto Sukra and Angiras as regards firmness in virtue, knowledge of the particular customs of families, and readiness of inventions under difficulties. As the attainment of heaven is inseparable from good deeds, as long life is inseparable from truth and faith, so is virtue inseparable from you. “The funeral cake, the achievements, and the perpetuation of the line of the virtuous and celebrated Santanu of Kuru's race, all now depend on you. Turning her eyes to Dharma, and to the paternal and maternal lines (of the Kurus), she addressed Bhishma and said After performing with her daughters-in-law the funeral rites of the deceased, consoled, as best she could, her weeping daughters-in-law and Bhishma. The unfortunate Satyavati then became plunged in grief on account of her son. Madri committed sati after the death of King Pandu.Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura Bhishma declines Satyavati's suggestion to beget children on Vichitravirya's widows She also used the boon Queen Madri to gave birth to Nakula and Sahadeva. She utilized that boon and gave birth to Yudhisthira, Bhima and Arjuna. Queen Kunti had a boon to bear child by Rishi Durvasa. ![]() While on death bed, he expressed his grief of dying childless to his wives. But one day he could not resist himself and approached towards his wife, Madri, with the intent of making love. Before dying, Rishi Kindama cursed King Pandu that he would die the moment he would engage in intercourse with any women.Īfter the incident, King Pandu renounced everything and began to live the life of a hermit. One day while hunting, King Pandu mistakenly shot an arrow on Rishi Kindama and his wife while they were engaged in intercourse. King Pandu is famously known in the epic Mahabharata as the father of Pandavas. ![]() He was the King of Hantinapur and annexed several kingdom within his empire. King Pandu was a brave warrior and archer. ![]()
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