Pranam The professor of English writes" Kunti is Kuntibhoja's daughter. His other children: Vasudeva, Ahuka, Kunti, Vikunti, Dharmila." Did kuntibhoja have two kuntis?; because his other children include Kunti again so I asked. Because he never writes in a hurry and Bhishma cannot afford to be wrong at all. (To whomsoever it may concern). KR IRS 241221
On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 at 05:00, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > *DIVINE INFORMATION 2-45* > > *Continued from last posting* > > Chapter 9. > > It is Satyavati who is sending the maid to Vyasa. > > Kunti is Kuntibhoja's daughter. His other children: Vasudeva, Ahuka, > Kunti, Vikunti, Dharmila. > > Karna is named so since he came out of the ear (Karna) of Kunti. > > Hearing the stories about Kunti from travellers, Bhisma goes to Kuntibhoja > and brings Kunti for Pandu. Bhisma also brings Madri. > > *The sage who was killed by Pandu in the forest says this happened because > the sage was cursed by Vasistha.* > > *Pandu visits heaven along with sages. When he is at the gate of > Satyaloka, he is denied permission because he has no son.* At that time > son of Gathi gave a boon to Pandu that he will have son. > > Chapter 10. > > Satyavati is sad and tells Vyasa that Sauva (Gandhari) hasn't given birth. > > Kunti tells Pandu the story of the brahmin, Bramharata. He has no son. At > his instruction, his wife sleeps with another Brahmin (who was a guest to > Bramharata's house and desired his wife) and gets a child. > > When Bhima is born, a lion mistakes Bhima's foot for a stag's face and > approaches Bhima to kill him. Bhima kicks the lion with his foot and the > lion is killed. Hence the child is named Bhima. > > Duryodhana is born after Bhima. > > Chapter 11. Education of Karna > > When Karna was serving Parasurama, it was Indra who pierced Karna's thigh > in the form of a beetle. > > Chapter 12. Childhood Plays of Kauravas and Pandavas > > When the children were growing up, the wicked Kauravas increasingly > competed with the Pandavas. While playing with sand, the Kauravas started > showing falsehood one by one. All of them used to prick the Pandavas. *The > Kauravas pushed the Pandavas into false pits.* They brought serpents and > made them bite Pandavas on their noses. Due to the kindness of the > serpents, the able Bhima became increased in strength of one thousand > elephants. As instructedby the sons of the king (Dhritarashtra), the cooks > brought kakola (a poison), prepared payasam (a sweet dish) and mixed > suitably and served it to the Pandavas. The son of Dharma (Yudhishtira) > of pure body, while performing the preliminary rituals before eating, > realised that the payasam contains poison. When he walked away shaking > his hands, the son of wind (Bhima), being extremely hungry, swallowed all > the food, morsel by morsel and went off to sleep. He slept on, losing > consciousness. Then they (Kauravas) brought creepers, tied his hands and > pushed him into the water. Bhima went down in the water and reached the > netherworld (Patalam). There, the hero Vasuki, coiled around him and bit > him. *Bhima held the serpent by his tail, swung him around and was about > to kill him. Seeing the Nagakanya crying, (Bhima) released the serpent.* > The relieved Vasuki, recognising ( Bhima ) gave away the jewel of maiden, > (Nagakanya) to the hero, the son of wind (Bhima) as wife. Vasuki also > presented a lot of jewels (to Bhima). Bhima had a son, Babhrubahu with > the beautiful serpent woman. Bhima left his son with his mother. Then the > big fellow (Bhima ) left for his city on the ninth day. > > On another day, all the children (Kauravas and Pandavas) went to the > forest. *All the Kauravas went inside a big crater. Seeing this, the son > of wind (Bhima) closed the entrance of the crater completely with large > boulders and went home.* Missing her children, Gandhari started searching > all over, calling them. People searched in lakes, wells and forests but > could find them. They started wondering what has happened. They concluded > that this must surely be a trick played by the son of wind(Bhima). The news > spread everywhere. Seeing Gandhari pained much, the son of Shantanu > (Bhishma)went near the son of wind (Bhima) and told him in private : > "This cannot happen without your knowledge and this has become the talk of > the town. We should solve this without any delay". Along with the son of > wind (Bhima), he (Bhishma) went to the forest. *Bhimasena, devoid of any > sorrow, opened up the entrance of the crater, went inside and brought all > the children (Kauravas) and put them in front of the King* > (Bhulokapalakan - Bhishma). > > He told a lie that this is the deed of the forest people (Kattalar). The > son of Ganga (Bhishma) abandoned confrontation and returned to Hastinapura > with the children. All the people became happy. > > *Information stored in my computer. Posted to google groups on > 24-12-2021.R. 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