DEVAVRATA’S PLEDGE

Many years back, there lived a great king called Shantanu in Hastinapur. His queen had left him but he had a devoted son named Devavrata. One day, he went out hunting. On his way, he smelt a sweet fragrance which was coming from a beautiful fisher-woman named Satyawati. Shantanu fell in love with Satyawati and asked her father to let him marry her. Her father agreed but put up a condition that if Satyawati had a son, he would become the next king. This made Shantanu sad because he already promised Devavrata to be the next king. Shantanu went back without Satyawati. When Devavrata saw that his father was sad, he went to the fisherman. Devavrata promised him that Satyawati’s son would become the next king instead of him. At this, the clever fisherman said, “What if your sons try to become king?” To satisfy him, Devavrata took a very strict pledge that he would never get married so that he might never have any son. He then took Satyawati to the palace and she was married to Shantanu. A strict promise is called ‘Bheeshm Pratigya’ in Hindi. So, due to his pledge, Devavrata came to be known as Bheeshm.

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