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| | The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section CII |
 | | Of immeasurable prowess in battle, the son of the ocean-going Ganga, having slain numberless foes in battle without a scratch on his own person, brought the daughters of the king of Kasi unto the Kurus as tenderly if they were his daughters-in-law, or younger sisters, or daughters. | | | And Vichitravirya also, endued with the prowess of the celestials and the beauty of the twin Aswins, could steal the heart of any beautiful woman. | | | And Bhishma of mighty arms, impelled by the desire of benefiting his brother, having by his prowess brought them thus, then offered those maidens possessing every accomplishment unto Vichitravirya. |
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| | both these sons died childless she arranged her first son Vyasa to father children the two wives of Vichitravirya. | | | After Santanu's death with her princely sons ruled the kingdom. |
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| | This was not an uncommon practice in those days. | | | Bhishma promises that he will try to convince Vichitravirya to marry her as well. | | | But Vichitravirya uses the same argument as Shalva: “You have given your heart to King Shalva, therefore I will never take you as a wife.” |
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| | Mahagujarat.com |
| | It is held a fortnight after the Holi festival. | | | has been derived from Chitravirya and Vichitravirya, the sons of King Shantanu, who are believed to have lived here and been cured of diseases which afflicted them. |
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| | The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section CI |
| | He was endued with great energy and became an eminent man. The lord Santanu of great prowess also begat upon Satyavati another son named Vichitravirya, who became a mighty bowman and who became king after his father. | | | And before that bull among men, viz., Vichitravirya, attained to majority, the wise king Santanu realised the inevitable influence of Time. | | | And Vichitravirya, placing himself under the command of Bhishma, ruled the ancestral kingdom. |
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| | Vichitravirya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | When he died childless, the second son, Vichitravirya, became king. | | | Since Vichitravirya himself was too young to stand any chance of being chosen by the young women, Bhishma himself went to the swayamvara. | | | Since Amba had already given her heart to some other, Ambika and Ambalika were married to Vichitravirya. |
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| | The Burdens of All on his Shoulders |
| | She said, "My son, I know you are devoted to Truth." Satyavati and Shantanu left the kingdom to the care of Bhishma, and lived happily. | | | Satyavati gave birth to two sons called Chitrangada and Vichitravirya. | | | Bhishma thought that the three daughters of the king of Kashi should marry him. |
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| | Bhishma came to know of the 'Swayamvara' of the Kashi king's daughters and thought it would be a good idea to marry the girls to his brother. | | | He attended the assembly, defeated all other princes, brought the three princesses, and asked Vichitravirya to marry them. | | | However, Amba, from the beginning, wanted to marry the king of Salwa. |
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| | INDOlink Kidz Korner : Mahabharata - Part 1 |
| | He requested Vyas to bless Ambika, the elder of the two widows of Vichitravirya, to bless with a son who can succeed the deceased king. | | | When Vyas approached Ambika, she was frightened by his ugly face and shut her eyes while the saint uttered the boon. | | | He blessed Bheeshma with the power to choose his day of death. |
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| | And after some vain attempts to make Vichitravirya change his mind, he told her there was no way left to her but to go again to Salva and seek to persuade him. | | | And as he heard that the daughters of the king of Kasi were to choose theirhusbands according to the ancient Kshatriya practice he went there to secure them for his brother. | | | But Vichitravirya roundly refused to marry a maiden whose heart had already been given to another. |
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| | MAHABHARAT - 16 DVD BOX SET |
| | But Bhishma refused as he was bound by his vow of life-long celibacy. | | | She performed severe austerities and won from Shiva the boon that some day she would become the slayer of Bhishma. | | | Soon Bhishma learnt that Amba, Ambika and Ambalika, the three daughters of the king of Kasi would be choosing their husbands at a gathering of princes (Swayamwar). |
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| | Mahabharata : The Story |
| | Vichitravirya, who succeeded, married two daughters of the King of Kashi : Ambika and Ambalika. | | | He came to be known as Bhishma thereafter, on account of his grim and determined vow. | | | The sage Vyasa was invited for this Niyoga as he was half-brother to Vichitravirya (being the son of Satyavati and sage Parashar, born before King Shantanu met and married her). |
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| | Later, Ganga leaves Shantanu and he marries Satyavati when Bhishma makes a vow that he will give up his right to the crown and lead a chaste life so Satyavati's descendants will become the next kings of Bharata. | | | Bhishma refuses to break his vow, so Satyavati calls on Vyasa to help continue the lineage. | | | Satyavati gives birth to two boys, Chitrangada and Vichitravirya. |
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| | The Mahabharata, Book 3: Vana Parva: Ghosha-yatra Parva: Section CCXXXIV |
| | And one day there came unto the Kaurava princes a certain Brahmana who was well known on earth for his powers of speech. | | | And that Brahmana also talked of Krishna who was overwhelmed with suffering and who then had become perfectly helpless, although she had heroes for her lords. | | | And hearing the words of that Brahmana, the royal son of Vichitravirya became afflicted with grief, at the thought of those princes of royal lineage then |
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| | With the encouragement and permission of his step-mother Satyavati, he arranged marriage for his half-brother Vichitravirya, bringing home by force the three daughters of the king of Kashi from the assembly of princes of all the countries who had been awaiting their chances to win the hearts of the princesses. | | | At a subsequent time, when asked by his guru Parasurama to marry the eldest of the three daughters he had grabbed by force from Kashi for marriage to his younger half-brother Vichitravirya, he stuck to his promise, and a fierce battle ensued with the teacher to settle the issue. | | | There is another strain in Bhishma's character that has come to intertwine with the trait of allegiance to truth. |
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| | Note that this process was aimed not for pleasure but only towards the goal of procreation. | | | There was no living brother to Vichitravirya but before her marriage to Shantanu, Satyavati had a son from the Rishi Parashara, grandson of the great Rishi Vashishtha. | | | In order to get Vichitravirya married Bhishma invaded Kashi and won three daughters of the king of Kashi. |
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| | Sanjaya's Mission |
| | Dhritarashtra and Pandu are both Vichitravirya's sons and are, according to our usages, equally entitled to their father's property. | | | In spite of this, Dhritarashtra's sons have taken possession of the whole kingdom, while Pandu's sons are without their share of the common inheritance. |
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| | Vichitravirya, Second son of King Santanu and fisher-girl Satyavathi; Legal father of Dhritarashtra and Pandu. | | | Paandu, Second (leukodermic) son of Vichitravirya and Ambalika (with Vyasa). | | | Dhritaraashtra, First (blind) son of Vichitravirya and Ambika (with Vyasa). |
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| | Vyasadeva, hearing the appeals of his mother, replied, Since Vichitravirya is my brother, born of your womb, I shall give birth to children who will equal the heavenly gods. | | | After the death of his step brother, Bhishma performed the last funeral rites and then enthroned Vichitravirya as the world's emperor, although he was only a small boy. | | | Here is Bhishma, Shantanu's son, but he has taken a vow of celibacy and will not beget children. |
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| | Bhisma *couldn't* marry Amba because he'd already taken a vow to be a brahmacari for the rest of his life. | | | And if you'd like to check this out for yourself, you can find most of it in Udyoga Parva, Uluka Dutagamana Parva, Sections CLXXIII-CXCV. | | | Vichitravirya didn't want to marry Amba, because she was promised to Salya, and he didn't want to get involved with another man's woman. |
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| | Vichitravirya was the second son of Shantanu and Satyavati. | | | The presence of this ageing lion of Hastinapur amused the kings who had assembled in the hall. | | | It was at that time the king of Kashi announced the Swayamvara of his daughters, Amba, Ambika and Ambalika. |
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| | Mythological tales Pitamaha Bheeshma |
| | With time, Satyavati begot 2 sons - Chitrangad and Vichitravirya. | | | The eldest princess Amba revealed to Bheeshma : " O great man, I have chosen the king of Shalva as my husband." Bheeshma hence allowed Amba to go to Shalva while Ambika and Ambalika were married to Vichitravirya who thereafter began to enjoy his married life with both of his queens. | | | After Chitrangad's death, Bheeshma crowned Vichitravirya as king and became his guardian to help him rule the kingdom for Vichitravirya was a minor. |
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| | Bhishma then vowed that he would never marry. | | | They were unable to bear any children, and Bhishma had already taken a vow. | | | Therefore, Shantanu and Satyavati married and two children were born, Chitravirya, and Vichitravirya. |
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| | mandir.at: Symbolism Of Bhagwad Gita |
| | Any tender princess who had lived all her life in the luxury of the royal palace, fragile and full of fragrance would die of fright and nightmare if an ugly and frightening person like him were to come so close to her especially not on personal aspiration but on the order of the commanding queen. | | | Suddenly King Shantanu died and there were constant battles to annex his weakened kingdom. | | | Both his sons Vichitravirya and Chitravirya also died on the battlefield. |
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| | But Shantanu also married Satyavati and had two more sons, Chitrangada and Vichitravirya. | | | Vichitravirya as also quite young when he died of tuberculosis. | | | Shantanu married Ganga and Bhishma was born from this marriage. |
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| | Vyasa - free-definition |
| | According to some accounts he is supposed to have sectioned the Vedic scriptures into appropriate format for the rest of humanity. | | | The father of the princes Dhritarashtra and Pandu (by Ambika and Ambalika, the wives of King Vichitravirya), he also had a third son, Vidura, by a serving maid. | | | He was born on an island in the River Yamuna. |
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| | Unfortunately, the coming of Shakuni, accompanying his sister to her life-long immurement in darkness in Hastinapura compelled by Bhishma, changed the entire completion of the situation. | | | And I am a victim of the hunt ! | | | Vichitravirya dies without issue, as “driven by passion, (he) became/a victim of his own lust.” These are words which will be echoed by his foster-son, Pandu who laments: |
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| | In many cases, the vibhuti, which are lower spiritual attainments of superhuman qualities, become a spiritual hindrance—all sincere seekers should beware of their allurements. | | | Vidura : He was born by the grace of sage Vyasa to the servant maid of the queens of king Vichitravirya of Hastinapura. |
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| | Whenever they are in times of crisis and don't know what to do, guess who shows up - no, no deux ex machina. | | | Vichitra means strange, and Virya of course means semen) - how to impregnate them, who shows up to say they will have a pale child (Pandu), a blind kid (Dhritarashtra) and also ends up conceiving Vidur? | | | When they had to decide what to do with the wifes of Vichitravirya (hahahahaha that name cracks me up all the time. |
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| | The name of the fair is derived from Chitravirya and Vichitravirya, the sons of King Shantanu, who are believed to have lived here and been cured of diseases which afflicted them. | | | The Garasia and Bhil adivasis dress in their coustomary colourful costumes. | | | It is one of the largest purely adivasis fairs of the border region and attracts large numbers of Bhils who come from all the surrounding districts using every imaginable form of transport. |
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| | Glossary of Terms at Kamat's Potpourri |
| | Wife of Vichitravirya of Mahabharata' sister of Amba and Ambalika | | | Ambedkar B. Born as an untouchable in the outcaste community, fought for the downtrodden; a primary contributor to the constitution of India |
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| | And said this is my brother VICHITRAVIRYA and do you wish to marry with him | | | He was the bravest person that time and doing every thing just for his kingdom | | | So Satyavati got married with the king Her son VICHITRAVIRYA became prince and in the you age became King of the state and BHISHMA was like Godfather of the state |
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| | The Mahabharata, Book 5: Udyoga Parva: Uluka Dutagamana Parva: Section CLXXIV |
| | After Chitrangada's demise, obedient to the counsels of Satyavati, I installed, according to the ordinance, Vichitravirya as king. | | | Desirous of marrying him, I set my heart upon procuring daughters from a suitable family. | | | O bull of the Bharata race, that king of virtuous soul paid his debt to nature in time, Observing my pledge, O chief of the Bharatas, I then installed my brother, Chitrangada, on the throne of the extensive kingdom of the Kurus. |
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| | Panchkanya by Pradip Bhattacharya |
| | Delighted to hear of the births of his stepbrothers, he refused to beget sons on VichitraviryaÂ’s widows since they were like his daughters and intercourse with wives of others was a grievous sin. | | | Grievously upset by the death of his son Shuka, Vyasa returned to his birthplace in search of his mother, found out from the fishermen that she was now queen and, to be near her, settled on the banks of the Sarasvati. | | | Niyoga was permissible only at the instance of the husband (as in KuntiÂ’s case, ordered by Pandu), not of the mother-in-law. |
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| | Vichitravirya married Ambika and Ambalika, the two daughters of the king of Kasi but died childless. | | | Because of his dark complexion he was called | | | B.G. Vichitravirya The younger son of Santanu (q.v.) and Satyavati who became king of the Kurus when his elder brother Chitrangada (an arrogant and proud man) was killed as a young man in a battle with a Gandharva of the same name. |
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| | The first month, Vyasa was to live with Ambika. | | | Yet, Satyavati called Vyasa and asked him to father children upon the wives of his half-brother, Vichitravirya. |
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| | Vichitravirya was married to three princesses, but as the fate had it, could not become father. | | | His elder son Chitrangad also died in young age. | | | Soon Vichitravirya also was killed in a battle without any issue. |
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| | Vichitravirya : Second son of Satyavati and Santanu, he died childless. | | | Vyasa : The poet who composed the Mahabharata and appears every once in a while to nudge the story along. | | | Takshaka : The Naga prince who avenged the murder of an innocent Naga by Parikshita |
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| | MAHABHARATA Satyavati |
| | Bhishma went to Hastinpura with three princesses in his chariot. | | | Amba, the eldest of the princess protested that she could not marry Vichitravirya.As before Bhishma arrived in the "Swayamvar" She was proceeding to garland the king of Salva, whom she had taken as her husband and therefore had become married to him. | | | In the palace, he presented the princesses to her mother Satyavati and she embraced them and offerred them in marriage to her son Vichitravirya. |
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| | After his death she was married to Vyasa, and gave birth to Dhritarashtra (q.v.). | | | Ambalika The third daughter of the king of Kasi given by Bhishma in marriage to his half brother Vichitravirya. | | | After the latter's death she was wedded to Vyasa, and became the mother of Pandu (q.v.). |
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| | Books By Rajaji - Mahabharata - Index |
| | The Chapter is about the Bhima, the second son pandava brother who excelled in physical prowess as he was born of the wind-god. | | | The Death Of Pandu, Second Son of Vichitravirya and Ambalika who succeeded to the throne of Hastinapura on his father's death. | | | Who chose Pandu as her husband at a Swayamvaram. |
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| | Episode 5: Shantanu's son Vichitravirya ascends the throne. | | | Ambalika gives birth to Dhritarastra who is born blind. | | | Bhishma arranges the marriage of Ambika and Ambalika, the daughters of a neighboring king, to King Vichitravirya. |
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| | • Vyasa- a great sage, born of Satyavathi and Parasar, a powerful sage, who helps to save Satyavathi's and Santanu's blood line by fathering Pandu, Dhritarashtra, and Vidura with their second son, Vichitravirya's two widows and a servant. |
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| | He married two sisters, but he died shortly after the dual marriage, leaving no children. | | | The history of the people immediately preceding the great war, and from the occurrences of which the war itself arose, is as follows: At the capital of the country, a city called Hastinapura (supposed to be modern day Delhi) reigned the king Vichitravirya. |
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| | He served his step mother, then her son Vichitravirya, later his sons Pandu and Dhritarashtra as a mark of loyalty to the throne of Hastinapur. | | | He was well aware of the weaknesses and ethical decline in the character of his grandsons, and could foresee the cumulative tragedy that was sure to befall the kingdom of Hastinapur. |
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