Reading Notes, The Mahabharata: Karmic Revolution Part A


This Epic has been told over many times. Story with Kings, Queens, Good and Evil. Shantanu finds and marries the river goddess who he can never be mean to. The new queen then drowns their first 7 children in the river. Mortified, but the king still stays true to his word and is kind to his wife. When they had their 8th child though, King Shantanu snaps and stops his wife from drowning him in the river he finds out that there were 8 celestial beings who were being forced to live as mortals. This woman had promised to give birth to each of them and free them from mortality as soon as possible. Upon telling king Shantanu this she disappears along with the 8th son. The 8th son is returned 16 years later along the river where he met the river goddess. He was groomed to be the perfect prince and heir to the throne. Later Shantanu falls in love again with a fisher woman, but is not allowed to marry her unless her children get to be first in line for the throne. He cannot allow himself to take away the throne from his son so leaves saddened. He came to fall through depression and quit doing his kingly duties. To put his father in a better mood he goes to the fisherman to see what he can do to get his daughter for King Shantanu. To allow his father to marry the woman, Devavrata vows to never marry and never to have any children so that Shantanu’s new wife’s children will be the only ones in line for the new throne. This vow shook the earth and the heavens making way for a disastrous war. All for the sake of his father. Instead of being happy for his new wife, he felt a sense of doom because of his son’s vow. Devavrata was granted by his father that he will not be able to die without giving death his consent.



The Mahabharata: Karmic Revolution Part A, Epified India, Source

Mahabharata, Source

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