Vichitravirya, Second son of King Santanu and fisher-girl Satyavathi; Legal father of Dhritarashtra and Pandu. Vidura, Son of a palace girl (in the palace of Satyavathi) with Vyasa. Pandu’s younger brother. One of the few who did not participate in the Great War.

Who is the father and mother of Dhritarashtra?

He was born to Vichitravirya’s first wife Ambika. Dhritarashtra was born blind. He fathered one hundred sons and one daughter, Dushala, by his wife, Gandhari and a son, Yuyutsu, by his wife’s maid.

How is Bhishma related to Dhritarashtra?

Bhishma was son of Shantanu and the river goddess Ganges. His mother Ganges had left Shantanu after giving birth to Bhishma. He served his step mother, then her son Vichitravirya, later his sons Pandu and Dhritarashtra as a mark of loyalty to the throne of Hastinapur.

How is Dhritarashtra born?

Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura were born through Niyoga between Rishi Vyasa and Ambika, Ambalika and Parishrami respectively. Ambika and Ambalika were wives of king Vichitravirya, while Parishrami was a maid of the queens.

Who is the son of Ambalika?

Her son Pandu, the result of the niyoga, was born with a pale appearance. After the death of Pandu, Ambalika accompanied her mother-in-law Satyavati and sister Ambika to the forest and spent the rest of her days in spiritual retreat.

Is Ved Vyas father of Pandu?

Sage Vyasa was unkempt because of months of meditation in the forest. Hence upon seeing him, Ambika who was rather scared shut her eyes, resulting in their child, Dhritarashtra, being born blind. The other queen, Ambalika, turned pale upon meeting Vyasa, which resulted in their child, Pandu, being born pale.

Who was Pandu’s Favourite wife?

Death. One day, Pandu becomes captivated by the beauty of Madri and embraces her. As a result of the sage’s curse, Pandu dies. In grief that her husband died because of her, Madri commits suicide.

How did Sanjay see Mahabharata?

As the describer of the Mahabharata war

While Sanjaya was still in Hastinapur, the series of events that happened on the battlefield of Kurukshetra was very clear to him (“Sanjaya’s Gift”). He saw with his eyes as if he was on the battlefield. Sanjaya tells every incident of the Kurukshetra war.

Is Vidura married?

Vidur’s wife was also a chaste woman of supreme order. She too had a high degree of devotion and abdication. When Lord Krishna visited Hastinapur as an emissary of Pandavas, he had not accepted Duryodhana’s request to stay in his palace but instead he chose to stay at Vidur’s home and accepted a simple meal there.

Who was husband of Dushala?

In the Great History of Mahābhārata, Jayadratha (Sanskrit: जयद्रथ) was the king of Sindhu Kingdom. He was married to Dushala, the only sister of the 100 Kaurava brothers. He was the son of the king Vridhakshatra.

Who was mother of Kauravas?

Gandhari (Sanskrit: गांधारी, lit. ‘A girl from Gandhara’) is a prominent character in the Indian epic the Mahabharata. She was a princess of Gandhara and the wife of Dhritrashtra, the blind king of Hastinapura, and the mother of a hundred sons, the Kauravas, and a daughter.