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Planets in astrology

Planets in Astrology :- We've total 9 planets in Astrology, their significant meaning & role as per astrology given below                                                           

Sun-  is the main source of solar energy, giver of light , heat , main significator of our soul or atma, ego , heart , self esteem , personality , father , creator , source , king , government .Sun rules over heart , stomach , right eyes of the male & left eye of the female, bones .

Moon- represents our mind, emotional feelings, mother, motherly nourishment, homely environment, comfort zone. Moon controls over our emotional mind , nervous debility , breast , all water element in body , face.

Mercury- is our logical and intelligent mind,communication through writing , speech,acting,anchoring,social media and marketing, business minded, he is the son of king,messenger. Mercury rules over body parts  skin , naval nose , nervous system , lungs , Breathing & respiratory System ,throat , ear,  tongue  &  all kind of sensitivity system, arms , spinal systems .

Mars – represents our will power , efforts , strength, stamina , fighting ability ,ability to take action , impulsivity , cuts, bruises, burns, red blood , accidents, weapon , male friends, technical skills , engineer , competition, fire energy, soldiers , sports , athletics . It rules over head , bone marrow, bile , hemoglobin, aggressiveness , muscular tissues, uterus , external sex organs , testicles .

Jupiter:- controls our true devine knowledge, our guru, teacher, wisdom, guider in real life, maintain rules, regulation,law because natural zodiac sign of 9th house is sagittarius whose lord is jupiter, controls all these religious activity, rules, regulation, law. Jupiter controls your wealth & finance. In female chart jupiter represents your husband. It rules over Liver , gallbladder , digestive system , kidney , SGPT level , fat , thigh .

Venus- is all about love,relationship,marriage,art,music,painting,acting, directing or any kind of creative talent. It also represens sensual pleasure,comfort,luxury convenience like car,air conditioning, jewelry, clothing, wealth, currency, liquid cash.In male chart it represents wife or any kind of woman that you’ll come across in your life. Venus or Guru shukracharya controls over shukranu or sperm & sperm count , reproductive organs , lust , shine & luster , beauty , face, sugar levels in our body .

Saturn- is our boundary, limitation, order, structure, discipline. It represents cold things, controls our fear, anxiety because saturn want to bring you in realistic world,so that it can show you harsh real life. Saturn is also known as karma pati becuse he rules natural 10th house of capricorn sign of hard work. Saturn represents older, matured person & uncle. It rules over legs , feet , teeth , bones , nails , hair in our body.

Rahu - represents our obsession, illusion, materialistic goal & desire , foreign elements, electronics things, north node of moon who has only head without body, it breaks traditional rules & regulation, think out of box, rahu wants all kind of materialistic things -name - fame – status- achievement in most shortcut way  by legally or illegally. It rules over legs , feet , breathing , lungs , neck .

Ketu - represents south node of the moon has only headless body, so he can't see right direction, right path, always bit confused because he has no head,represents separation, isolation, meditation, spirituality, the things which we had already accomplished in our past life , so here in this life we are not obsessed about that things where ketu is placed in chart except ketu in karmic sign. It rules over claws , belly , abdomen , eyebrows & noticeable scars , moles  in our body  for identification purposes.

While doing birth chart analysis you need to know these 9 planets placement condition so that you can do prediction as per your horoscope.

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But Stacy was very distraught after the abortion and she was telling me that she wanted to kill herself and “be with the baby”. I was extremely extremely distraught and I was most afraid of losing Katy. I did love her and one of the main reasons I didn’t want her to get an abortion was I loved her and didn’t want to lose her and I thought if we had a baby together at least I would always have her in my life due to the baby. I knew she was veering from me because my swag flow was off at the time. But recently I figured stuff out and I am doing a lot better.

At this point I just hope Stacy never kills herself or hurts herself. That could destroy me. I am still having a difficult time after the abortion and I will get to why. The main reason is because Stacy cut me out of her life and got a restraining order and will not talk to me

The past year has been extraordinarily difficult for me to get through and it is painful not being able to see Stacy

I remember in my leftist “my child” book I wrote how I should have been ok with Stacy going to parties without me. My swag flow was off at the time and facebook was a little wild and I told myself that Stacy wanted to learn and grow and it was ok for her to want to go to parties and learn and grow and at the time I was out of it. I wrote very much like a leftist and I wrote how I was “against Andrew Tate”

Looking back at it Stacy did some screwed up things to me but I was out of it, my swag flow was very off but recently I figured things out and am doing a lot better, and she did actually think I was mentally I’ll. But I am not mentally I’ll. So I am not really mad at her. I have understanding of what happened, and tell myself it was for the best and the baby probably would have had birth defects due to the threatened miscarraiage and short cervix and all of that

And I really do love Stacy. She was very sweet and a great person. I was very out of it and I forgot artificial swag flow and I was confused at the time and I know why she veered from me. I just hope she will be ok and I hope she never hurts herself or kills herself. So long as she doesn’t hurt herself or kill herself I think I’ll be ok.

But I remember at the time she went to the party without me and lied about going to the movies when she was really going to go to a Halloween party and all that I had started watching Andrew Tate videos online. This was right when Andrew state was getting popular. And recall at the time I was a leftist. It is true I still think I had some right wing tendencies from 2014 when I was a full blown White supremacist. But I had pretty much returned in 2023 to being a left winger anti white Satanist who saw myself as Jewish and more Black. It wasn’t until recently later in 2023 did I make the connection that I was actually a Satanist leftist, recognizing that Satan/Shukracharya in the Bible was anti religion and for race mixing, which I was for.

I think that was a reason why I actually liked Stacy. I liked that she had a mixed race daughter. I liked that she had a Jewish stepdad. I saw myself as Jewish and I liked race mixing- especially the mixing of white people who I didn’t like because I saw them as a threat to Jews. I mentioned over the years I vascilated between right wing and left wing and I will get to that later in this book when I go through the based on a true story books I wrote from 2013 to 2023

Stacy didn’t like Andrew Tate. Stacy had told me when we were dating before she got pregnant that she had an ex boyfriend who didn’t like how she would go to parties without him. She said he was “jealous” and he would force her to take him with her. She asked me what I thought about that and I told her “if you go to parties without me I probably will leave you because I don’t like being when people try to make you jealous”. But that was before she was pregnant that I told her this

But after she had the abortion I felt bad and I felt bad for telling all the people on Facebook how she had snapchatted a dude behind my back while she was pregnant and I didn’t even know she had Snapchat and lied about the party and all that.

Like I said I wrote all that on Facebook while she as ghosting me in large part to get her to talk to me so I could know how the baby was doing. I was sick of being disrespected and I had a lot to do and I didn’t want to be worrying about her getting an abortion. I was studying working on the theory of everything and I was worried about her getting an abortion and upset she wasn’t responding to me so infossiped about her on Facebook telling people what she was doing hoping that they would help me hour and it would get her to talk to me. That’s why I also told her family what she was doing, to get her to stop ghosting me and treating me disrespectfully. I was afraid she would tell them that I was the bad guy and that’s why she wasn’t talking to me. But she ended up getting an abortion and killing my daughter. But like I said it might have been for the best, the baby likely would have had birth defects since the threatened miscarriage and her short cervix

But anyways, Stacy because I had told her family about the “effed up” stuff she did and also told a lot of people on Facebook said that she wanted to kill herself. And I felt bad for gossiping. I did love her and I did not want her to kill berself and I still dont. Also she said she wanted to kill because she “wanted to be with the baby” and “she missed her”

So I was very frightened that Stacy would commit suicide. I still fear that and really hope she never will. I do like her a lot even though she has a restraining order against me now. Back then my swag flow was off but recently I have figured stuff out and had realizations and my swag flow is a lot better

But Atacy was suffering a lot after the abortion and crying all the time and kept telling me how she was having “intrusive thoughts” to kill herself and telling me that she felt it was time and she was ready to end it and all that. And it scared me a lot. Because I as already devastated about the abortion but like I said a main reason I wanted Stacy to keep the baby was I liked Stacy a lot and I didn’t want the baby to die because the baby tied me to Stacy and I thought if the baby died Stacy would leave me

So Stacy would call me and I would tell her how much I loved her and how much it would destroy me if she killed herself. And I meant it and it would destroy me

She told me that her family wasn’t talking to her since I wrote the “my child” book where I described how she was snapchatting other dudes and acting kind of stupid while she was pregnant with my baby

It sucks that I had lost the swag flow and my swag flow was so off and I was so confused when I was with Stacy. I tell myself maybe it is what God wanted. I think it taught me a lot of stuff and I had breakthroughs because of it and maybe I wasn’t ready for a child until I had those breakthroughs

But Stacy came to my apartment a few times. The last time she came to my apartment we had intercourse and while we had intercourse the lights in the room started flashing. There was a storm at the time and that could have been it but Stacy and I both saw the lights flashing and that has never happened in my apartment before, so it could have been a spirit.

But I told Stacy that I wanted to get her pregnant again and we could try again to have a baby. But Stacy told me that she has the short cervix and it’s not a good idea. She said the only way she would probably have another baby is if she did a surrogate

So I told Stacy that I would get the quadrant model big soon hopefully and make a lot of money and pay for a surrogate for us.

And I would constantly text Stacy. I was extremely scared that she was going to kill herself.

Also Stacy helped me to get a job.

This is interesting. When I graduated from UCSD with a bachelors degree in psychology my Mom made me go to Kauai saying she didn’t want me in Los Angeles saying that I was “schizophrenic”. This was before I had ever brought up the shootaway machine or anything. I never brought it up because in”was not allowed to talk about the past”.

But when I was in Kauai I was asking my Mom if I could come to the mainland and she could help me go back to school and get a masters degree. I was telling her I could get good jobs if I get a masters degree.

But my Mom really believed I had schizophrenia and she was telling me “you can’t get a masters degree you have schizophrenia”.

My mom would tell me “you have schizophrenia. You are going to be working at McDonald’s for the rest of your life”.

And when Stacy tried to get me a job she gave me a job finding sight like “jobsearch” or something like that. And she told me that she wanted me to get a job. She wanted me to get a job in fast food or something like her Salvadorian baby daddy.

But I typed in my resume and I was given a lot of job offers in psychology since I had a psychology bachelors degree. And I did interviews for “behavior therepist” and I got the job.

Stacy told me that she was very proud of me. I started working as a behavior therapist.

But I remember I was trying to rub it in Stacy’s face. And I was also trying to rub it in my moms face. I was constantly texting Stacy showing her things I was doing as a behavior therapist to kind of rub it in her face “you thought I was mentally I’ll but look at me I have a job as a therapist and your baby Daddy is a pizza man”. And I was rubbing it in my moms face and like “if I am schizophrenic like you think I am then how am I working as a behavior therapist”.

And my mom for the first time in like 15 years admitted “I don’t think you are schizophrenic Wix anymore”. Because I told her “if I am schizophrenic how am I working as a behavior theorapist right now”. And I was also rubbing it in Stacy’s face and kept on messaging her about me working as a therapist, since she he has thought I was mentally I’ll.

But that is another thing though. I had a bachelors degree in psychology but my mom believed I had schizophrenia. So she didn’t help me get a job. She just forced me to live in Kauai and wouldn’t interact with me

But I wanted to see Stacy really bad. At the time I was telling Stacy I wanted her and her daughter to live with me. And I told her I would want to be her boyfriend. But I also told her if she decides to date other guys I would be ok. I told her I just wanted her to be happy.

But I admit I was texting Stacy a lot. And I wanted to see her. But she told me she “just wanted to be friends”. And eventually she called me and told me that she thought it would be best if we didn’t talk to each other or see each other anymkore. She told me that I had “destroyed her soul”. She told me that she “just wanted to be happy”. And she told me that she may never decide to but if she decides to she will reach back out to me

I was ok at the time because at the time I was non stop studying internet archive books because internet archive was in court and the court was taking down the library

But I was still very scared that Stacy was going to kill herself. And I did love her and didn’t want her to Jill herself. At the time my swag flow was still off and I figured a lot of things out and am doing a lot better now

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Kaal Sarp Yoga/Dosha -Rahu in Hindu Mythology-story behind kaal sarp yoga

Rahu’s Birth

Simhika and Viprachitti gave birth to Rahu(also known as Swarnabhanu). Simhika also know as Simhita was daughter to Hiranyakashyap. Hiryanakashyap is an Asura (Devil) from the Puranic scriptures of Hinduism. Hiranyakashyap was killed by Prahalad who was a devotee of Lord Vishnu.

 Rahu was given a status of a Planet by Lord Brahma. 

Samudra Manthan

Long time back there used to be a Guru called Shukracharya. He was a Bhagwan Rishi who studied under Rishi Gautama. He hated Lord Vishnu, because Lord Vishnu had killed her mother for giving shelter to some Asura who Lord Vishnu was hunting. He performed tapasya (penance) to Lord Shiva and obtained the Sanjivni Mantra also known as Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra. Due to the hatred Shukra (Venus) bore towards Lord Vishnu, he decided to become the Guru of Asuras..

Powered with Sanjivni Mantra, Shukra convinced Asuras to attack Devas. Shukra would bring back to life all Asuras who died in the War. Devas started loosing the battle and approached Lord Vishnu.

Vishnu then suggested all Devas to perform the Samudra Manthan, which would yield Amrita (Holy Nectar). Devas on drinking this Amrita would become Immortals.

The huge mountain, Mandara, was used as the pole to stir the waters. But as the pole entered the water it kept sliding into depths of the ocean. To stop this, Vishnu quickly transformed himself into a tortoise and placed the mountainon his back. This image of Vishnu as the tortoise was his second avatar called ‘Kurma.’

Once the pole was balanced, it was tied to the gigantic snake, Vasuki, and the Devas and Asuras started pulling it from either side. As the churning began and the massive waves whirled, an extremely poisonous drink called halahal came out. The gods became scared because this blue drink could destroy creation.

                        They all got together and prayed to the powerful Shiva to help him them. Shiva appeared before all and gulped the entire poison. But, he did not swallow it. He kept the poison in his throat. Since then, Shiva’s throat became blue, and he became known as Neelkantha or the blue-throated one.

The churning continued and poured forth a number of gifts and treasures. They included Kamdhenu, the wish-fulfilling cow; the goddess of wealth, Laxmi; the wish-fulfilling tree, Kalpavriksha; and finally, came Dhanvantari carrying the pot of amrita and a book of medicine called Ayurveda.

Once the Amrita was out, Lord Vishnu disguised himself as Mohini, a dancer and took upon the responsibility of  distributing the Amrita among Devas and Asuras (who also helped in the Manthan process). For convenience of distribution, Mohini kept Asuras in one line and Devas in the other line. She tactfully offered to give Liquor to the Asuras in disguise of  Amrita. She kept offering Amrit to the Devas.

Seeing this, Swarbhanu (Rahu) suspected her and came to know the reality about Vishnu being Mohini. He disguised as one of the gods and sits in between Surya and Chandra to drink the Amrita. When Mohini was offering Amrita to Swarnbhanu, the sun and moon Devas recognised it to be a trick and complained to Mohini (Vishnu), who in turn, severed Swarnbhanu’s head with his Sudarshan Chakra. As Swarnbhanu had already consumed the Amrita, his head and torso became immortal. The head of Swarnbhanu is known as Rahu and the torso of Swarnabhanu is known as Ketu. 

The Sun and Lunar Eclipse (Surya Grahan and Chandra Grahan)

The head of the Swarnabhanu (Rahu) fell on one side of Sun and the torso of Swarnbhanu (Ketu) fell on the other side of the Sun.

Sun being a responsible planet (In hindu astrology sun is a planet and not considered as a star), decided to stop his movement to keep Rahu from meeting Ketu. That is the reason in any astrology chart one will see Rahu and Ketu in 180 degrees placement from each other.

As an act of revenge, every now and then Rahu gobbles Sun or Moon; causing world to suffer from darkness as a result we witness Solar/Lunar eclipses. The headless trunk of Rahu came to be known as Ketu and since then Rahu has become the eighth planet and is considered in astrological formulations, Ketu being ninth.

Kaal Sarp Yog

Rahu worshipped lord Shiva. Lord Shiva’s own son Ganpati has the similiar story where Lord Ganesha’s head was chopped off. Lord Shiva had given Lord Ganesha a head of an elephant.

Rahu asked Lord Shiva to give him a body and Ketu a Head. Lord Shiva took mercy on Rahu and blessed Rahu with the body of a snake and Ketu with the head of a snake.

If in someone’s birth chart all planets lie in between Ketu (the head of snake) and Rahu (the tail of snake), then this yog in Kundli is called Kaal Sarpa Yog.

Kaal Sarp Yog can be formed in any person’s horoscope like king, rich, president, prime-minister, peon, poor etc. and those who has Kaal Sarp Yog in their horoscope, instead of they have all kind of facilities but always suffer from any tension, fear, insecure. A person who has bitten by snake cannot sit comfortably like this a person who has Kaal Sarp Yog in his horoscope always fear from death.

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Asuras - a very brief crash course

this post has been made for @momo-all-the-way  who asked the question

Asuras in Hindu mythology are a group of beings who’re opposed to the Devas. Originally, the Vedas classify them as “anti-gods” - their name literally translating to Not A God, or those who rejected wine. The Vedas also specify their worship. Think of them as somewhat like Norse mythology - the Devas are sky deities, Aesir; Asuras are earth deities - Vanir. Both exist to complement and counter the other and are in fact, necessary.

Born to Kashyap and his wife Diti, Asuras are cousins to the Devas, who were born from Kashyap and Aditi. They are the highest ranking in the order of “demons”, which includes Rakshasas (born from Kashyap and Krodhavashaa - ykw really everyone was just born from him), Daityas (the inferior sons of Diti), Danavas (from Danu), Pishachas (ghosts and zombies) and Nishachar (Nightwalkers).

There is a significant shift in their status in the Puranic period. Puranic period was developed in the Indo-Gangetic plains, and is known for it’s stories and glorification of the Trimurti - Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva - who played a minor role in the Vedic period. The Puranic asuras are inherently evil and greedy - they exist to terrorise humans and gods alike. A good example is the story of the dragon Vritra - Indra had once invited a deva called Vishwaroop to conduct a yajna. Since Vishwaroop was born from an Asura mother, he also gave some offerings to the Asuras. This angered Indra who killed him promptly. Remorseful, Vishwaroop’s father Tvashtra invoked Vritra, the dragon of drought and famine. Indra later defeated him with his fabled Vajra.

This tale brings into focus the shift in thinking. It rejects Vedic thinking to an extent by demeaning Vishwaroop’s birth and his act of offering the Asuras a part of the yajna. Also, deities like him and Tvashtir, who are exalted in the Vedas, are now demonized or merged with other deities in a rapidly developing religion.

Some famous Asuras include :

Ravana - Emperor of Lanka. The first kings of Lanka historically claim to be his descendants.

Kumbhakarna - Ravana’s brother. Cursed to sleep for six months, blessed to be invincible and immortal on the day he wakes up, doomed to die if woke up before.

Indrajit - Ravana’s son, also known as Meghanad. Captured Indra. The fiercest warrior after Ravana in the Lankan army.

Vibheeshana - Ravana’s traitor brother. Had his entire family killed by divulging their secrets to Ram. Later Emperor of Lanka.

Shurpanakha - Also known as Meenakshi. Ravana’s sister.

Banasura - Emperor of Asuras, son of Mahabali and great grandson of Prahlad. Had a hundred arms and was under the eternal protection of Lord Shiva. His daughter Usha married Krishna’s grandson, Aniruddha.

Vrishaparva - An Asura king

Sharmishtha - Vrishaparva’s daughter. Reduced to be a slave of Devayani, Shukracharya’s daughter, preceptor of the Asuras.

Jara - an Asura who joined the two halves of a baby and thus birthed Jarasandha, Krishna’s legendary enemy and Emperor of Magadha.

Bhasmasur - accidentally burnt himself to death

Mahishasur - shape-shifting buffalo demon slain by Durga

Swarbhanu - drank the Amrit duringn Amrit manthan, and was thus killed by Mohini when told by Surya and Chandra. His head became Rahu and body became Ketu, both responsible for eclipses.

Tarakasur - killed by Kartikeya, the god of war, Shiva’s son

Tarakaksh, Kamalaksh and Vidyunmali - Founders of the legendary Tripura. Slain by Shiva.

Mayasur - architect of the Asuras. Ravana’s father in law.

Mahabali - the greatest Asura ever. only immortal asura.

Prahlad - Mahabali’s grandfather. Saved from his father by Narasimha, Vishnu’s fierce half man half lion avatar.

Hiranyakashyapu - Prahlad’s father. could not be killed by any single creature, a creature born from a womb, neither in nor out, neither at day nor at night, neither up or down, neither at land nor sea, neither by any weapon nor by any magic.

Hiranyaksha - Hiranyakashyapu’s father. Abducted Bhoodevi, the earth goddess, and hid her under the sea where he raped her. Killed by Vishnu’s boar form, Varaha.

Narakasura - Bhoodevi’s son through Hiranyaksha. Cruel emperor of Asuras and King of Pragjyotish (modern day Assam). Slain by Krishna and his third wife, Satyabhama.

there are so many more but this is all i remember sorry

hope this helps :D

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Mahamrityunjay Mantra

In Sanskrit-

ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्।

उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात्॥

In English-

om tryambakam yajamahe sugandhim pushti vardhanam

urvarukamiva bandhanan mrityormukshiya maamritat

Considered to be the most powerful Mantra of Lord Shiva, Mahamrityunjaya Mantra, also known as Tryambakam Mantra, is a verse from Rigveda. Addressed to Lord Shiva the three-eyed God, Mahamrityunjaya Mantra is believed to bestow longevity and immortality, prevent calamities & accidents and ward off untimely death. Mahamrityunjaya mantra ka Jaap with full devotion, faith, pure heart, dedication and perseverance over a period of time, leads to victory over the fear of death. It also leads to victory over the cycle of birth and death leading to Moksha.

Meaning of Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra in English

Hey three-eyed Lord Shiva, Our Nurturer, please relieve us from the worldly desires, bondages and the cycle of birth & death just like a ripe melon detaches from its branch effortlessly

Origin of Maha mrityunjaya Mantra

Rishi Markandeya was the only person who knew about the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra. He gave it to Sati, the daughter of Daksha, to help Moon who was in trouble due to the curse by Daksha. It is also believed that the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra was given by Lord Shiva to Sage Shukracharya who later passed on it to Rishi Dadhici, who further passed it on to King Kshuva, through whom it was added in Shiva Purana.

Detailed word-wise meaning of Mahamrityunjaya Mantra lyrics hindi / English

maha mrityunjaya mantra lyrics meaning

ॐ aum = a sacred/mystical syllable

त्र्यम्बकं tryambakam = who has three eyes

यजामहे yajamahe = One who is prayed or worshiped

सुगन्धिम् sugandhim = sweet fragrance

पुष्टि pushti = Prosperous, fulfilled

वर्धनम् vardhanam = One who nourishes, strengthens, increases health, wealth, well-being

उर्वारुकमिव urvarukam- = diseases, obstacles in life and in resulting depression

इव iva – Like, just as

बन्धनान् bandhanan = attachment which can bound down

मृत्योर्मुक्षीय mrityormukshiya = Free or liberate from death

माऽमृतात् maamritat = Free me from death but not from immortality.

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Why does Lord Vishnu have to take Avatar (incarnation) again and again on earth?

The amazing story behind Vishnu Avatar (incarnations):

Unarguably, one of the most important curses in the history of Hindu Puranas was that given by sage Bhrigu to Lord Vishnu. Here is the story of Bhrigu cursing Lord Vishnu and how it changed the course of ancient Hindu history.

Why does Lord Vishnu have to take Avatar again and again on earth?

Matsya Purana states the story of a war between Devas (Gods) and Asuras (Demons). Maharshi Bhrigu and Kavyamata were the parents of Shukracharya, Shukracharya was a great sage and the Guru of Asuras. When they were young, Shukracharya and Brihaspati studied under the same Guru, sage Angirasa, who also happened to be Brihaspati’s father.

Shukracharya was known to be more knowledgeable than Brihaspati. He studied the Vedas there under sage Angirasa, but he was troubled by Angirasa’s partiality towards his son Brihaspati. Then he went to study under sage Gautama. Due to the favoritism of Indra, Brihaspati became the Guru of the Devas. Therefore, Shukracharya started favoring the Asuras more as it was a way to take revenge for his partiality. During that time, it was tough for the Asuras to defeat the Devas in battles. Having lost several times, the Guru of Asuras, Shukracharya decided to approach Lord Shiva for help to defeat Devas. He also performed penance to Lord Shiva to Obtain the Sanjivani Mantra that was capable of bringing the dead back to life.

Read this also: Why Narada Muni does not stay in one place

Therefore, Shukracharya started to meditate and pray to Lord Shiva to grant him Mrita-Sanjeevani Stotram which would make the Asuras invincible. Furthermore, Shukracharya’s triumph that is if he was granted the mantra of invincibility, would have made it difficult for Devas to defeat the Asuras. Meanwhile, Shukracharya asked the Asuras to take refuge at his father’s ashram, who was Maharshi Bhrigu. The Devas and Indra used this opportunity to attack the unarmed Asuras.

In the absence of the sage, the Asuras fled to Bhrigu’s wife, Kavyamata for shelter. Kavyamata used her yogic powers to immobilize Indra and protect the Asuras. Frightened by the immobilization of Indra, the Devas decided to take refuge at the feet of Lord Vishnu. Therefore, Lord Vishnu decided to enter Indra’s body to save the deities. Kavyamata was enraged by this and warned to burn them down to ashes if they did not leave. However, Indra instigated Lord Vishnu to annihilate Bhrigu’s wife, and therefore, Vishnu used the Sudarshan Chakra on her. Hence, Vishnu used his Sudarshan Chakra to save Indra and the Devas by severing the head of Kavyamata.

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Sage Bhrigu was devastated hearing what had happened, Bhrigu seeing his wife’s condition, got furious because Lord Vishnu broke his Dharma by killing a woman. Therefore, Maharshi Bhrigu cursed Lord Vishnu to be born on earth many times and suffer the pain of birth and death as a mortal. Due to this legendary curse, Vishnu had to take countless avatars on earth and endure all the worldly pain as a price. Although Bhrigu later revived his wife by sprinkling holy water from his Kamandala, he was so deeply infuriated and full of vengeance that he decided not to spare Lord Vishnu.

Bhrigu’s curse demanded Lord Vishnu will be born on earth in several Avatars. The Avatars included some of the greatest Gods to ever walk on earth as humans, such as Rama and Krishna. Without Rama, there would have been no Ramayana, and without Lord Krishna, there would have been no Mahabharata and hence, no Bhagavad Gita. Along with them, even the other Avatars of Vishnu, such as Narsimha, Parasuram, and arguably Buddha, and all the other avatars who have had undeniable contributions to shaping the entire history of our civilization and scriptures.

Conclusion:

Actually, Lord Vishnu knew that Maharishi Bhrigu can revive his wife and if anyone can curse him, then it is only Bhrigu Muni. The decapitation of Bhrigu Rishi’s wife was just an excuse to Avatar on earth after receiving a curse. It is said in Indian scriptures that Lord Vishnu never incarnates on earth without any reason. So from this story, we come to know that the reason for the incarnation of Lord Vishnu was the curse of Maharishi Bhrigu.

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Numerology 2019 - Understanding Personal Numerology : How to Calculate Your Birth Number

How is your dates vibrations, when attached with your name’s vibration, with your bank accounts vibration, your telephone number vibration, with your four vehicles, two vehicles vibration combination. Today small measures from 1 point to 9 point, we will understand, whatever points people have in their life, what small measures they need to do so that the frequencies which is on by the planets, which comes under the planet, it will start sink with that planets. So we will start from number 1, it is the king of the solar system. It knows that only it is, if there is authority it is by number 1. Everyone needs to wonder around number 1. It is the king and 1 number people, whose Date of Birth is 10, 19 or 28 so your birthday’s first two date, when you will total it, whose ever comes 1 number, what that person need to do?

And 1 number people and 2 number people are very lucky. They can directly see their planets. So that is why 1 number people during the day, they have to see the sun in the morning because the Sun will increase the power in yourself. So 1 number people in their life, if they are strucked up in their life from any reason. So I will try to tell them to see while rising the sun. Due to the reason of life style if a person not bale to wake up early in the morning, then whenever they wake up try to see Sun first in the morning. You will get that energy from the sun which will help to come in sink with the vibrations. If we talk about 2 number. 2 number means emotions, caring. How to take care of one another? What is love of mother?  They keep small talks in their mind. So whosever birth total number is 2 number. For them there is easiest remedy, while in the night time they have to spend some time in the light of moon. The direct energy of moon will come in yourself, because 2 number means moon and moon means emotions. When the moon changes the positions in Shukra and Krishna, in that person mood swings comes very fastly. So its very important for those persons, whoever have 2 number, they are emotional, they take care.

They have too much emotions in these persons. So if they inhale moon light anytime during the night time, inhale in the sense they need to spend some time under the moon light. It will give very good results. Now we will talk about 3 Number. How to guide the people? How to guide some one? This is 3 number people. 3 number is directly represent OMKAR. So whoever belongs to 3 number, if they keep omkaar(OM) in the golden frame in the North East direction in their home, if they struck up in any situation and they will over come from that problem if they will keep Omkaar(OM) in golden frame in the North East. The next number is number 4 means Raahu, Raahu means head,s part, means care, if 4 number vibrations are effected from somewhere, then what you need to do? 4 number people always need to wear Ganesh in their Necks. Ganesh teaches us to mix the care and assumptions. Raahu and Ketu, when I will come on ketu, will talk about on it in detail. Now Raahu’s people , these people knows to take work with the mind, they are manuplative, they know how to deals with the situation by access the things and if their name’s vibrations are not matching then they will not able to do this.

How it will match? If anything in their horoscope anything in their homes, but if you will wear Ganesh’s locket in the neck, it will work soo good for you. The next is planet Budh. Budh means conscious mind, in the world you need to utilize the conscious mind, how to increase the things if you come in life? How to expand your business? These all powers belongs to mercury. Mercury means Budh. 5 number people, whose Date of birth is 5, 14, so on, when total comes 5 means Budh. These people need to plant a tree in their life for one time and the more they will water that plant the more they will see their own growth. And if they cannot plant a tree, so the plants they keep in their homes, they need to water that plants by their selves. You will see the cleanliness in their life. The next is 6 number. 6 number means Shukra. In todays context if someone gives luxury life, if someone giving living luxury, that is number 6, which means Shukracharya. Those people whosever Date of birth’s total is 6 number then what they need to do is, they have to keep them self near to fragrances, whether it is powder's, deodrant’s fragrance, perfumes fragrance, itr fragrance, incense sticks fragrance. The more they keep their self near to fragrance the more cleanliness of the Shukra will be. Their vibrations will come in the sink.

The next point is 7 which means Ketu. Ketu means lower portion to head. If Raahu is head’s upper portion then Ketu is Head’s lower part, means assumptions, means belief system. As I told you before Raahu and Ketu, 4 number and7 number. For these two, one remedy will work surely and 100% will work, when they will wear Ganesh in their neck. Whenever they will wear Ganesh in their neck, their assumptions and care will come togetherly. Their strucked work will start getting complete. Remember Raahu and Ketu 4 number and 7 number will get the problem only when they will distracted from assumptions and care. Whenever they will wear Ganesh then in their life strucked work will start getting complete. The next point is 8 number. 8 number means Shani, Shani means nayayedish. The sound comes from the soul which will never guides you wrong. Those whoever point is 8, they will never see wrong to their self and not even to someone else. Shani means Justice, whoever have 8 point in their life, they have to keep their workers, their labors happy. One remedy for example give 100Rs to labor and take 10Rs from the hands of the labor and keep that 10Rs always.

This will work soo god for you. In the last we will talk about 9 number which means Mangal. Mangal is that force in you, this is that urge in yourself which inspires you to do something in your life. Mangal’s people means 9 number’s people whosever total is 9 number, which means their direction is South. So Mangal’s people need to wear copper ring with out joint in their ring finger, you will see that you will come in sink with your vibrations. Remember this, these all remedies from number 1 to number 9, these needs to establish with yourself. These will established with you because when the person distract from his nature then that person will get problems. So whenever you will do these remedies, you will come in sink with your vibrations. So do these remedies and get benefits of numerology, points ethology. In next videos we will discuss in detail from 1 number to 9 number. How it works? How their journey stays in their life? How to do this? And How to go ahead?

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Story Of  Narasimha Avatar

Lord Narasimha was the fourth Avatar of Lord Mahavishnu, which was taken to kill the demon Hiranyakashipu. In NARASIMHA Avatar, Lord Vishnu incarnates himself as a semi-man, semi-lion in this world. The story of Narasimha avatar is connected with the story of Hiranyakashipu and Prahlad. In Vishnu’s Varaha avatar the lord killed Hiranyakashipu’s brother Hiranyaksha. By this action Hiranyakashipu got angry towards Vishnu and decided to kill Mahavishnu.To this end, he meditated for Lord Brahma and because of his severe penance, the gods were frightened and asked Brahma to pacify the king. Brahma was impressed by his austerity and granted him a wish. HiranyaKasyapa wished that he be neither killed by a man or beast, nor in daylight or at night and neither inside or outside a building. Having obtained the wish he considered himself the supreme God and frobade all worship of gods by anyone.  The wife of Hiranyakashipu, gave birth to Prahlad in the Ashrama of Narada Muni. Sage Narada used to tell stories of Lord Narayana to child Prahlada. Hearing the glorious tales he became the devotee of Lord Narayana.son Prahlada, was an ardent devotee of Vishnu. This enraged Hiranyakasyapa very much. To change the mind of Prahlad the King sent his son to the Ashramam of Shukracharya’s sons Shaku and Amarka. However they were also unsuccessful in breaking the solid devotion of Prahlad.  At last he got angry with his son and decided to kill him.He ordered numerous ways to kill Prahlada including asking his sister Holika to sit with Prahlada in the fire.But each time Hiranyakashipu tries to kill Prahlad Lord Vishnu’s magical hands were there to protect him.

once hiranyakashipu asked Prahlad to show him the Lord Vishnu. Prahlad said, "He is everywhere". Further enraged, Hiranyakasyapa knocked down a pillar, and asked if Lord was present there.Lord Vishnu then emerged as a half lion, half man from the pillar .As Hiranyakashipu’s death wish and Brahma’s boon, Lord Narasimha was neither a man nor an animal, the time was twilight neither day nor night, he sat on the threshold of the room keeping the body of the Rakshas Hiranyakashipu on thighs, used his nails to kill the demon instead of astra or sasthra. After killing the demon Hiranyakashipu Lord Narasimha was furious and was pacified when his devotee Prahlad touched his feet. Prahlad was crowed as the next King by Lord Narasimha.

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okay so i know you're super interested and knowledgeable about mythology, so i thought that there's no harm in asking for help, right?

i kinda have to do a 60+ page project on the Mahabharata and the role of women in Mahabharata. do you have any fun facts or anything? all of it will be greatly appreciated

 ok the reason this has taken me a significant time to respond is because i was thinking - what best way to answer this. so i have chosen the analysis of different aspects of their lives, rather than do a full character-by-character analysis cause that would end up being a full fledged book. also this is still gonna be like 6 pages. so here we go.

1. BIRTH : 

Most of the women in the Mahabharata have an unusual birth, all predestined to do something. Ganga is said to be born from Vishnu’s feet and descended form the heavens. Urvashi and Menaka were the Queens of the Apsaras, born from Brahma’s thighs. Devayani and Sharmishtha were the daughters of Shukracharya and the asura king Virupaksha respectively. Shakuntala was Menaka and Vishwamitra’s daughter, who was found abandoned beneath some flying cranes. Satyavati was born out of a fish which ingested a king’s sperm and was then adopted by the chief of fishermen. Gandhari was born to bear a hundred sons, which she requested from Shiva in her previous birth (some also say her present birth). Amba was reborn as a transman after she burnt herself alive to have revenge on Bhishma. Draupadi was born out of literal fire, cursed to bring the destruction of a thousand clans, and gifted to marry five husbands, each with a quality she wanted. Subhadra was born as an incarnation of Yogamaya, while Kripi (Drona’s wife) was born from a deer.

2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : 

There is a pretty contrasting change in the way women choose their partners, and got married in the Mahabharata. This reflects their declining status in society.

Urvashi and Menaka have had several affairs and marriages. Urvashi left Pururavas when he failed to fulfill her conditions, and later asked her descendant Arjun to have sex with her. When he refused, she cursed him to become a transwoman for a year, which he could choose. 

Devayani and Sharmishtha ended up getting married to the same man. Devayani’s husband Yayati, whom she married out of love, cheated on her with Sharmishtha. Devayani, however, had Yayati cursed with sterility and old age as revenge. So technically, women also had a right to a divorce i guess? not officially, but they could definitely leave their husband’s house or humiliate him.

Shakuntala marries Dushyant through the gandharva rites, with the forest as her witness. Their conflicting accounts about the end of her story - Vyasa states that mortified by her indignation at Dushyant’s hands, she leaves him with her son and returns to the forest. Kalidasa states Dushyant ends up remembering her and bringing her back as his lawfully wedded wife.

Ganga is the first wife of Shantanu, and she married him only on the condition that he would never question her. Finally, when he stops her from drowning their eighth son, she breaks her marriage and goes away with the child who grows up to be Devavrata.

Satyavati actually has two meaningful encounters - once with Parashara (son of Vashishtha) and the other with Shantanu. With Parashara, she was ferrying him across the Yamuna when he professed he wanted to have sex with her. Satyavati agreed on two conditions - if she gets pregnant, she would deliver within a day and the child wouldn’t be her responsibility and secondly, Parashara would grant her any boon she wanted. Thus, she gave birth to Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa (the dark skinned boy born on an island) who was brought up by Parashara, and plus got blessed by an intoxicating smell. With Shantanu, even though she was young enough to be his daughter, she holds up a condition that only her children would inherit the Kuru throne, to fulfill which Devavrata takes his terrible oath and becomes Bhishma. Only then does she marry Shantanu. She literally forged her own destiny and had control over her decisions, something which she herself denies later to other women.

Satyavati orders Bhishma to abduct the three princesses of Kashi - Amba, Ambika and Ambalika, as brides for her drunkard son Vichitravirya. Thus, she snatches away the same freedom of marriage she had enjoyed. Amba resists her abduction, however ends up being rejected from her boyfriend King Shalva, for she was now “another man’s property”. She demands Bhishma marry her to salvage her honor, which he denies due to his oath of celibacy. Satyavati could’ve made him break the vow, which she doesn’t. Amba goes to all the kings in the world, seeking one who would salvage her honor. None do, for all are afraid of Bhishma, so she curses all that their lineages would go extinct in a war fought to salvage another woman’s honour in another time. Finally she approaches Parashuram, Bhishma’s teacher. Enraged, Parashuram fights Bhishma but realizes that their fight could end the world. That is one Amba burns herself alive, and curses Bhishma that she would be reborn, and reclaim her revenge. Later, Satyavati forces Ambika and Ambalika to undergo niyog with Vyas after Virya’s death (niyog was practiced when a man died without an heir, so another male member of the family was called to produce an heir with the widow). Thus she also snatches the same sexual freedom which she enjoyed from her daughter in laws. Some say this was also a part of Satyavati’s plan to ensure that only her lineage sits on the throne, because biologically Vyasa is Satyavati’s son, and not Shantanu’s, thus making the children he fathered Satyavati’s blood, and not Kuru blood as they legally claim.

Kunti was forced to have a child with Surya, just because of a childish boon she wanted to try out. Later, she choses Pandu, Ambalika’s son, from a select swayamvara of princes. She couldn’t have chosen another man as others before her had.

Satyavati yet again snatches the same freedom she took for herself. Bhishma is ordered to march to Gandhara and get it’s princess, Gandhari, as a bride for the blind prince Dhritarashtra. When her father Subala resists, Satyavati has him destroy the entire kingdom and kill all of Gandhari’s family, sparing her and her youngest brother Shakuni. Thus Gandhari has no say in her own marriage, for the first time in the Kuru dynasty. Even her act of remaining blindfolded in solidarity with her husband is often pedestalized, the pain behind it overlooked. This is also what gives birth to Shakuni’s burning thirst for revenge and the destruction of the entire Kuru dynasty, just like his family was killed in front of his eyes. One has to understsand that the Mahabharata was simply the sum of past sins and curses and boons and births. Pinning it on Draupadi, who was the last character in this play of power, reduces this epic’s magnificence.

Duryodhana’s marriage with Bhanumati is like the typical fairy tale we hear - she specifically tells him to abduct her and marry her so she doesn’t end up marrying some random dick she doesn’t even know. Again, the woman is in control of her marriage, however the fact that a marriage is being forced on her comes to the fore now.

Hidimbaa, Bhima’s first wife, was a rakshas princess and she marries Bhima by having him kill her brother who wanted to eat him instead. Hidimbaa never goes with Bhima, and instead raises her son Ghatotkacha single handedly and looks after her queendom. This shows a major shift in the status of a woman - the so called “civilized” society keeps reducing the freedom and space given to them, while tribal customs continue to uphold individuality.

Draupadi’s marriage symbolises the status of women perfectly at the time. She’s not a woman with a say in her marriage - instead she’s reduced to a prize, a political alliance to be won in an archery competition. Had Arjun not won, Draupadi would’ve had to keep her head down and just marry the other person because she has no choice.

Subhadra’s marriage is in stark contrast. Arjun is her second cousin (barf) and she abducts him from her own wedding (which was happening to Duryodhana) and marries Arjun with Krishna’s blessings. Subhadra takes the same freedom that Draupadi was never offered. Also, Draupadi and Subhadra would become Arjuna’s only wives - none of his other “companions” would get the same title or status.

Dushala is married to Jayadrath, king of Sindh. The marriage was an unhappy one.

Balarama’s daughter Sulakshana runs away with Ghatotkacha’s help and marries her first cousin Abhimanyu, while Uttara is offered as a political alliance. Again there’s a stark contrast between the two, and it holds a mirror to society - how once the same freedom offered to women had now become a thing of legends.

3. POLITICS AND AMBITIONS

Devayani had wanted to snub Sharmishtha her whole life because of the one major fight they had which she lost. Being the daughter of Shukracharya, Devayani had more resources at her disposal, and she makes good use of them by transforming Sharmishtha, a princess, into her slave. Later, she also makes sure Yayati is punished for his adultery.

Shakuntala played kingmaker - according to the Mahabharata she went back to the forest only after securing her son’s right to the throne. According to Kalidasa, she has no ambitions whatsoever.

Satyavati’s political ambitions have already been discussed above - her rise to power, her way of ensuring that only her blood claims the throne, and the fact that she was willing to do anything for what she wanted. Another factor into this is caste - Satyavati is often ridiculed as Daseyi (daughter of a slave) and is discriminated against because of her caste as a fisherwoman.

Amba’s ambitions have also been discussed above - her burning desire for revenge. When she is reborn as Shikhandi, she deliberately has her gender changed before her marriage so that she transforms into a man.

The tussle between Kunti and Gandhari for power is an actual stuff of legends. While Kunti is mostly projected as a hapless widow raising five boys, most people forget that she’s a powerful princess, and was originally the Empress of Hastinapur, later turned widow. She knows the deadly game of politics and it's nuances, and the same goes for Gandhari. According to the epics, the game played between these two queens was subtle, and not open. For example, Gandhari had took over Kunti’s quarters and had her sleep close to the servant’s quarters. Kunti too secures her own future by convincing Bhishma to back her and her son’s claim to the throne. One famous tale recounts that during a particular festival, Gandhari calls in a hundred elephants covered in gold for the worship. Since Kunti has no resources of her own and instead has to use toy elephants made of clay, she asks Arjuna to do something, who promptly goes to the heavens and brings back Airavata, the king of all elephants and Indra’s vahana, for Kunti. This rivalry comes to the open when the kingdom is divided and the wastelands and forests, Khandavaprastha, is handed to the Pandavas. Kunti accuses Gandhari of deliberately giving the useless part to her sons, while Gandhari accuses her of nurturing the wish for the throne in her sons’ hearts. This rivalry, however, comes to an end with the war, and both reconcile.

Kunti is also shown to be heartless/overprotective when it comes to her kids, which is understandable given the circumstances in which they were brought up. However, that doesn’t justify the fact that she made Bhima leave Hidimbaa in the forest. It also doesn’t justify the fact that originally, when she got to know that she and her sons were to be burnt alive in the Varnavata Summer Palace, she burnt alive another mother and all her children who had come there from the forest as guests, along with the caretaker Purochana who was in on the plan, as a cover so they could escape. It also doesn’t justify her making Draupadi marry all five brothers so there could never be “a fight over a woman”. Her masterstroke, however, comes during the War. What I believe is, she should have told Karna the entire truth and accepted him the moment she saw him. However, she waited, and then finally when the War arrives, she tells him the truth and emotionally manipulates him. Softening Karna’s heart, she protects four of her sons, and she had enough faith in Krishna to protect the fifth. It could also be genuine affection, but I refuse to believe that.

Draupadi has to face a much tougher life though. Kunti had already tied her to all five brothers as their “mutual” wife. One can only imagine the pain and endurance she goes through, battling her in-laws and her own family. She later has the Pandavas promise that no other wife of their could get the title of wife or the status, and couldn’t enter the Kuru household or Indraprastha. Even Subhadra was never allowed inside Hastinapur and Indraprastha, and instead spent her entire life in Dwarka. Her “laugh” at Duryondhana’s stumble in Indraprastha could be genuine fun, and also her own way of getting back at him for all those years of injustice. In the forest during exile, she has to keep all her wits about her, as she encounters wrathful sages, vengeful spirits, and kings with ill intents. As a hairdresser, she had virtually no power and so could do nothing herself when the queen’s brother, Kichak, tries to rape her. However, she invites Bhima over (who’s living as a cook) and he easily kills Kichak. What’s really infuriating is the way people pin the entire carnage that follows on her head - essentially victim shaming. People say “so what if she was disrobed publicly? does that mean she would destroy that entire clan, who stood mum and watched?” Yes. Yes it does. And you can’t give the excuse “she is fire’s daughter” and all. NO. Then, she wasn’t the weapon summoned to destroy a thousand clans, daughter of fire, Empress of Indraprastha or Princess of Panchala. At that moment, she was a woman being disrobed publicly. A woman lost in a wager like cattle. Nobody rose to defend her, except Vikarna, a Kaurava and Krishna, the man she regards as her own brother. This is what makes a bold statement about women - she’s no longer a person, but a commodity to be owned by someone. It reflects the rot and decay of our society, which increases day by day. What I believe is, Draupadi’s demand for retribution is perfectly justified - her wish to bathe in the blood of the one who disrobed her, dragged her by her hair all the way to the Imperial Coury, perfectly justified. Her wish to see the corpse of all those who stood silent as she was being disrobed, or those who mocked, pile up in the great blood soaked field of Kurukshetra. Her heart however melts the instant she sees the “great army of widows and orphans” who arrive at Kurukshetra.

4. CHILDREN

A recurring, patriarchal theme in all Hindu epics is the fact that a woman’s happiness was linked to her children, most of all sons.

All of Devayani’s five sons were banished and cursed when they refused to take up their father’s old age and sterility while in their youth. The same fate awaited Sharmishtha’s sons. Only the youngest, Puru, agrees and is then pronounced king after a thousand years, when Yayati returns him back his youth. Moreover, Devayani has to give her daughter Madhavi to a priest on Yayati’s order, who is later raped by four kings as a teenager and gives birth to four great sons. These sons are later asked to give up a quarter each of their merit earned on earth to Yayati, who was denied passage to heaven for all of his sins. This shows the fact that Indian/South Asian society continues to be dominated by those before us – our parents and their parents – and we have to comply. This is in contrast with Western philosophy, which makes way for the younger generation. In South Asian society, both have to co-exist, with the older often domineering.

 Ganga’s sons were actually the eight Vasus who were cursed to live terrible lives as humans. By drowning seven of them the moment they are born, Ganga ensures that they spend minimum time in the mortal realm and return back to the heavens. The eldest, Prabhas, was cursed to live the most terrible life of them all, which ends up happening - Devavrata, later Bhishma, couldn’t be killed after birth. He lives a terrible life - a prince reduced to a slave of the throne, innocent blood on his hands, no family of his own, and he couldn’t even decide whom he wanted to fight for. This shows the theme of overlapping stories, something which keeps recurring in Hinduism in general.

Satyavati’s elder son Chitrangada was killed in a war with the gandharva king, Chitrangada. Her other son, Vichitravirya, gave himself up to wine and intoxication and died young. Her son with Parashara, though, outlives till the time of Janmajeya, Arjuna’s great grandson. Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa ends up compiling all the Vedas and writing the famous Mahabharata. He also keeps coming here and there in the epic, for example Satyavati inviting him to perfrom niyog forcefully with her daughter in laws and produce heirs.

Ambika had her eyes shut the entire time during her rape/niyog, and so the child born - Dhritarashtra, was blind. Ambalika was shaking and fearful the whole time, so her son Pandu was born weak. Vyasa had consentful sex with a palace maid, and the son born to her, Vidura, would’ve been the perfect heir. However, Dhritarashtra was denied kingship by virtued of his blindness, while Vidura was denied the throne by virtue of his mother’s caste. Pandu later retires following a curse, and so Dhritarashtra takes up the kingship. He is shown to be a spiteful character initially, frustrated that despite being the elder one and perfect, he was denied the throne because he was blind. He passes on the same frustration and poison to his children.

Gandhari’s pregnancy was special. She was pregnant for two full years, in which time Dhritarashtra had another son, Yuyutsu, through a palace maid. Gandhari’s gestation period was equal to that of an elephant, and had she had just a little more patience, she would’ve given birth to a literal god. however, frustrated with the fact that her husband had cheated on her, she kept beating her womb each night with a red-hot iron rod, until she gave birth to an undeveloped foetus. Vyasa intervenes by cutting it up into 101 pieces and “hatching” them in vats of ghee in an incubation chamber (historians and scientists say this could be the earliest documented evidence of IVF or incubation chambers), resulting in the 100 Kauravas and their only sister, Dushala. Some say that evil omens were there during their birth. This also demonstrates that a woman’s social holding was also related to the no. of children she had, especially sons. 

 Kunti had received a boon from Durvasa that she could have a child with any god she wanted. Her experimentation with the boon leads to her unwanted and forced pregnancy of Karna. Historians suspect this could be a teen pregnancy, logically, and ill equipped emotionally and physically handle a baby at that stage in her life, she cast him away in the river (still unjustified i think). This baby grew up to be Karna, filled with resentment over his fate. Later, when Pandu is cursed with sterility and the fact that if he dares touch a woman out of love he would die, Kunti uses this boon again to have three sons from three gods – Yama, the god of death and law; Vayu, the god of wind and Indra, the king of the gods and god of rain and thunder. Historians speculate this could be a cover for niyog (mentioned above). Later, Kunti begrudgingly bestows this boon upon Pandu’s favorite wife, Madri, who begets twins from the twin gods the Ashwin Kumaras.

Draupadi has five sons with her husbands - Prativindhya (from Yudhishthira), Sutasoma (from Bhima), Shrutakarman (from Arjun), Satanaka (from Nakul) and Shrutasena (from Sahadev). None of them have children of their of their own and die a gruesome death, killed by Ashwatthama in his murderous frenzy.

Subhadra’s son Abhimanyu features more prominently in the epic. Legends say he knew how to enter into a chakravyuh from the moment he was born, but not how to exit. During the war, he enters a chakravyuh formed by the Kauravas, where he is unfairly killed - surrounded by ten men, and defenseless. He dies trying to defend himself by using a chariot wheel.

The other wives of the Pandavas suffer for a war that they weren’t even a part of. Hidimba’s son Ghatotkacha helps the Pandavas and turns the tide towards them. He grows into a strong Asura and uses his magic, and is eventually killed by Karna using Shakti, the weapon he received from Indra. Uloopi’s (Arjuna’s Naga wife, daughter of the Naga king Vasuki) son Iravan is killed before the war itself as a sacrifice to appease Chamundi, and his head is mounted on a hill so he can survey the war. The same fate awaited Ghatotkacha’s son Barbareek. Since he was the strongest warrior any side and could finish the war in a second, Krishna demanded his head as a sacrifice so that he couldn’t participate in the war, in return promising him eternal worship (Barbareek is worshipped as Khatushyam in Rajasthan). Chitrangada (Arjuna’s androgynous warrior wife, Queen of Manipur) strategically protects herself and her kingdom from harm. However, owing to a curse Ganga gives to Arjuna, Chitrangada’s son Babruvahan ends up killing his own father Arjuna and then later commits suicide. They’re both revived by Uloopi using the Nagamani.

Duryodhana’s wife, Bhanumati, also suffers. Her son Lakshmana, who was originally a poet, was killef by Abhimanyu when he was defenseless, while her daughter Lakshmanaa was raped by Krishna’s son Samba and then later married to him to save face.

Karna’s first wife Vishakha loses all her sons and commits suicide. His other wife Uruvi’s only son, Vrishaketu, is spared because he was only 9 at the time of the War and thus, lived.

Dushala’s sons die defending Sindh from the Pandavas, and only Dushala and her grandson are spared. Another account says she forced her sons to enter the war, and they all died there.

Uttara’s son Pareekshit was killed within the womb by Ashwatthama, when he fired the most powerful missile in the world, the Brahmastra, at her womb. Krishna revives the child through his powers, and then curses Ashwatthama to remain immortal, yet suffer through a thousand diseases every second for the sin of trying to murder an unborn.

Vyasa’s son Sukadev, blessed with “the memory of a parrot” memorises the entire Mahabharata.

Pareekshit is later killed by the Naga king Takshak, as revenge for the murder of his family through Arjuna’s (Pareekshit’s grandfather) hands when he burnt the Khandava forest. In revenge, his son Janmajeya conducts a powerful Sarpa Satra where all the nagas of the world are killed. The genocide is stopped by Asita, a Naga sage, who along with Sukadeva and Jaimini recited the entire Mahabharata to him and made him revive the snakes killed.

5. DEATH

Satyavati dies along with Ambika and Ambalika in the forest after taking retirement. She drowns in the very same Yamuna which turned her life around.

Amba, reborn as Shikhandi, dies in the war.

Gandhari dies heartbroken, while Kunti dies in a fire.

Draupadi dies while trying to reach heaven via the Himalayas. None of her husbands so much as even look at her as she falls to her death.

Subhadra dies with the tsunami sent by Varuna (god of the seas) which destroyed Dwarka.

The deaths of all of these women are ironic, but also demonstrate the rule of Karma .

Not much is known of the death of the other women in this magnificent epic.

I hope this serves as a good and honest reminder about the women of the Mahabharata, and helps with your project.