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Satyavati (Sanskrit: सत्यवती, IAST: Satyavatī; also spelled Satyawati) was the queen of the Kuru Kingdom in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Satyavati is married to king Shantanu of Hastinapura, and is a great-grandmother of the Pandava and Kaurava princes. She is also the mother of the seer Vyasa, author of the epic.
Later, Parashara took him with himself and trained him in vedic studies. He later compiled the classic Vedic literatures of India, and so is called Vyasa who is the 17th incarnations of Lord Vishnu. Later, Satyavati returned to her father's house and in due course, married Śantanu. [1]
A widowed Satyavati initially asked her stepson, Bhishma, to marry both the queens, but he refused, citing his vow of celibacy. Satyavati revealed her secret past and requested him to bring her firstborn to impregnate the widows under a tradition called Niyoga. [30] Sage Vyasa was unkempt because of months of meditation in the forest.
According to the Mahabharata, the sage Vyasa was the son of Satyavati and Parashara. He was also the surrogate father of Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura. They were born through Niyoga. Later, he helped in birth of 101 children of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari. He also helped the Pandavas many times.
Ruchika desired a son having the qualities of a Brahmin and so he gave Satyavati a sacrificial offering which he had prepared to achieve this objective. He also gave Satyavati's mother another charu to make her conceive a son with the character of a Kshatriya at her request. But Satyavati's mother privately asked Satyavati to exchange her charu ...
The attributed author of Mahabharata, the sage Vyasa, was also born from an unwed union of Satyavati and sage Parashara. [121] German Indologist Georg von Simson states that Karna of the Mahabharata resembles Kumbhakarna of the Ramayana , the demon brother of the main antagonist Ravana of the epic Ramayana in their powers to sway the war.
He represents erudition and wisdom. He is the son of sage Parashara and Satyavati, a fisherwoman. [8] He was born towards the end of the Dvapara Yuga. Hanuman: A great vanara devotee of Rama. [9] A brahmachari, he stands for selflessness, courage, devotion, intelligence, strength, and righteous conduct. Vibhishana: A brother of Ravana.
Parashara wants to rebuild Dharmakshetra ashram, but Parashara is killed by wolves. When Krishna wants to re-establish ashram, Rakshasas attack on him but save by Jabali. Krishna went to Hastinapur to meet king Shantanu to re-establish the glory of Dharmakshetra. In Hastinapur, Krishna discovers his mother as queen Satyavati.