We had a short class today as we had to
be in the auditorium at 11am for a presentation of CORD (Chinmaya org for Rural
Development). The CORD walkathon is on October 28th at Mercer County
Park. Please register online at http://www.cord.dojiggy.com/ and participate on the 28th.
Today in Balvihar class we started off
with a chapter 2 review about Bheeshma’s terrible vow. After that we started talking about Amba and
how she was rejected by all the princes. She got so mad that she went up to
Bheeshma and told him,'Since nobody will marry me you will have to'. Bheeshma could’nt break his vow so he told her he was
very sorry but he could'nt since he took a vow saying he will never get married
and have kids. So Amba tries again to persuade king Shalua to marry her but he
wont. She goes to the forest and meditates so she can get a boon. Finally Lord
Shiva gives her a boon saying in your next life you will kill bheeshma. She
could'nt wait that long so she lit a fire and just walked in it. She was reborn
to King Dhrupada. She saw the garland she put on the gate in her previous life
and she is starting to remember she wants to kill bheeshma for the pain he has
brought her. Her parents became aware that she wanted to do bad things so they
kept a close eye on her. One day she escaped to the forest and started
meditating. Lord Shiva again comes down and gives her boon. She turned in to a
male named Shikhandi.
Prince Vichitravirya had 3 sons through
Ambika and Ambalika named Dhritrashtra, Pandu and Vidhura. Dhritrashtra was an
able warrior but was born blind. He married Gandhari and had 100 sons and 1
daughter. They were called the Kauravas. Pandu married Kunti and Madri and had
5 sons called the Pandavas. Kunti also had a son Karna with the blessings of
the sun God, when she was testing a secret mantra given to her by Sage Durvasa.
Karna was brought up by a charioteer.
We extended our family tree and added
Kauravas and Pandavas.
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