King Shantanu and Satyavati: This story mentions the birth of Satyavati. She was born from the fish and was found by a fisherman. She had a fishy odor and so when Parashara asked her to be the mother of his son and told her that he would take the fishy smell away from her, she agreed. The other condition was that she remained a virgin still. Vyasa was born and grew quickly into a man and wandered away from her. This story is quite confusing so I am very glad that it is repeated. I feel like it made more sense this time around.
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| Satyavati. Source: Wikimedia Commons |
Pandu and His Wives: This tells the story of how Pandu is cursed. He shoots two deer that are having intercourse and it turns out that the deer is a Brahmin in deer form. The Brahmin was not angry that Pandu killed deer but he was angry that he killed them while they were engaged in sex. So the curse to Pandu is that when he is having sex with his wife, he will be killed so Pandu now has to remain celibate until he is ready to die.
Drona: This story mentions how Drona and Drupada were raised together. When Drona visits Drupada, Drupada is extremely rude to him. Drupada talks about how he is so far above Drona that Drona is not to call him a friend. Drupada takes it as an insult which is completely ridiculous because you shouldn't have to have equal statuses in order to be friends with someone. Drona didn't say a word, he just walked away. This story just angered me.
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