Sarvambh Shetty

  You all know the story about how Bhishma took a vow that he will never become the king so that Satyavati’s father would allow Bhishma’s father, Shantanu, to marry her. In some years Satyavati and Shantanu had two sons Chitrangada and Vichitravirya. Chitrangada was a great warrior but died in a long 3 year war with the Gandharvas. Vichitravirya who was crowned was very young. After some years he died because of tuberculosis. His both wives Ambika and Ambalika did not have any heir for the throne. Sage Vyasa who had finished a very long time in meditation was invited to Bhishma’s court. When he arrived in the court Bhishma asked for help from Vyasa that both the queens would get a baby boy. After a yagna he first saw Ambika who got scared looking at his ugly face. So Pandu was born to Ambika who was weak and always afraid. In the same time Vyasa went to see Ambalika she closed her eyes and so she got a son, Dhritarastra, who was blind. When Vyasa was passing by he saw the k...

  Today I will let you know about a person from the Kaurava clan. What we have heard till date are all the infamous deeds of this clan but i think this personality   deserves some respect. So today I will be writing a short story about the third eldest brother of   Kauravas –                                       VIKARNA             Vikarna was the third eldest son of Dhritarastra[the king of Hastinapur] and Gandhari.            Vikarna’s favourite weapons were bow and arrow and he was a very great warrior. He was the      one from the Kauravas who actually knew what Dharma is and everything that he practiced was             Dharma.           Did y...

Hi, I am Sarvambh and this is my first post in my blog. I have created this blog   because of my keen interest in Indian Historical and Mythological characters .Hence wanted to share my knowledge on this. My favourite mythological story so far is of Mahabharata and in this blog I would be sharing the great characters of Mahabharata Epic. I will start my first story with strongest warrior in the Mahabharata. When Krishna asked various warriors that how long will the Mahabharata war last for?   Many great warriors said it would end in 20 to 25 days. But one warrior said it would end in 3 days. Who do you think that warrior would be? Was it Arjuna? Or was it the great Bhima? Or it was Karna? He was none of these, he was the great,                                             ...