Satyabhati

 

Satyabhati

  

After listening to the love story told by Agudenba, the Dawa girl also told a wonderful love story.

Once upon a time, there was a monk named Balashala. When he saw the beautiful woman Satyabhati who was born from the belly of a fish and was raised by a fisherman, he couldn't help falling in love with her and wanted to marry her wholeheartedly. Wife, although this girl promised to marry him, she had to agree to a condition, that is, when they gave birth to their first son after marriage, she must return to her original form, and she also agreed to get rid of the fishy smell on her body.

After negotiating the terms, the two got married and soon gave birth to a son. This son is said to be Vyasa who wrote this story.

Although Vyasa became a monk after a long period of ascetic training, when he was about to leave his mother Satyabhati to practice, he made an appointment with her that he would come back at any time as long as her mother wanted to see him.

At that time, there was a Kingdom of Bharat located in the upper reaches of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers. Among the descendants of the King of Bharat there was a king named Kru. The descendants of this king were called the Kru tribe and they ruled the Kingdom of Bharat for a long time. , so that later the Kru tribe actually became the representative of the Bharata tribe, and its kingdom was called Krulu Shetra, which is the land of Kru.

King Shandanu of the Kingdom of Kru married the goddess Ganges as his concubine and gave birth to the prince Bishma.

But one day, Shandanu, the king of Kru, saw Satyabhati and was immediately shocked that she was a heavenly being and wanted to marry her as his concubine.

The fishermen told the king that if the king married Satyabhati as his concubine, their son would inherit the throne. The king was greatly troubled after hearing this.

However, after knowing this, Prince Vishu voluntarily gave up his right to inherit the throne and vowed not to marry for the rest of his life.

The king therefore married Satyabhati as his concubine, and later gave birth to two princes, Kirtrangada and Vichidravilia.

After the death of King Shandanu, the king's son Kirtrangadapur also died in battle soon. As a result, Prince Vichidravilia ascended the throne, but he also died leaving behind two princesses.

Vichidravilia's mother, Satyabhati, was afraid that her incense would be cut off, so she wanted her son Bishma, who had voluntarily given up the throne to inherit the throne, to marry these two young and newly widowed princesses in order to have descendants.

But Bishudama refused this arrangement on the grounds that he had vowed not to marry.

Then Satyabhati thought of Vyasa, her son by Parasha. While she was thinking, Vyasa immediately appeared before her eyes. Because when Vyasa was about to leave his mother Satyabhati to practice spiritual practice, he made an appointment with his mother that he would come back at any time as long as her mother wanted to see him. Now it has come true.

Satyabhati's son Vyasa was born very ugly, and due to the torture of asceticism, his appearance was simply unsightly, and his whole body exuded a foul odor.

When Vyasa approached the first princess, the princess couldn't help but close her eyes. Because of this, the son she gave birth to was completely blind. This child was named Dridharasutra.

When the second princess saw Vyasa's appearance, she immediately became pale and bloodless, so her son was named Bondo, which means "pale".

But there was constant fighting between the two sons born to the two princesses.

After the blind Dridharasutra grew up, he married Gandhari as his concubine and gave birth to a hundred princes including Dayudhana. These princes were very eccentric in character. They were called Gaulaba, which means "Kru's". Descendants".

Bondo married two wives, Gendi and Modly. Gendi gave birth to three princes, Yudishutila, Arjuna and Bhima, and Modli gave birth to twins Nakhara and Sahadaba.

These five princes later became known as Bondaba, meaning "Sons of Bondo". They are all warriors active in Indian mythology.

After the Dawa girl finished telling this story, Agudenba said nothing. He didn't know what he should say.

However, the Dawa girl sang a song called "Where is the True Love?" 》:

 

Is there true love in the world?

when you fall in love with someone

Maybe you are blind

Love is not all honey

sometimes become pale

Because on the road of love,

Always overgrown with thorns

  

Is there true love in the world?

The emperors had many wives and concubines

Love is just a game

Queens and concubines compete for favor

I only hope that my children and grandchildren will inherit the throne

True love does not belong to the royal family

often hidden among the people