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Vyssa was born by Indra’s semen falling into a river and a
female fish swallowing it. 10 months later two children were born. The female
gave birth to another child named Vyasa. King Shantanu was walking throughout
the Ganges when suddenly a maiden appeared and they wed together. The goddess
then gave birth to a son, and she sent him to the Ganges. The King did not want
to cause a scene about what the goddess had just done so he kept quiet. The
goddess had 7 more children destroying each of them. When the eighth kid was
born and the King could not handle each of their kids being destroyed so his pent-up
anger caused him to give a stern speech to the goddess and the vow from their
marriage was broken. The goddess then took the last child with her and
vanished. The goddess returned to King Shantanu with a noble son who has the
power of Vasus. She then separated from Shantanu and was to never be seen
again. The King spent all of his time and attention towards his new son who he
named Devavrata.
King Shantanu was all alone due to his first wife leaving him,
therefore he began to move on to Satyavati. The fisher story of the girl who
was found inside of the fish is retold. It is mentioned that the girl found
grew up to be a lovely girl with a fishy odor. One day a boat with the Brahmin Parashara
approached her and saw how beautiful she was. He had decided that he wanted her
to be the mother of his sons and soon she became just that. The son grew before
her eyes and was named Vyasa. Vyasa went into the depths of the forest and told
his mother that if she ever needed anything to just think of him and he would
appear to help her. Then, Satyavati became a virgin again and King Shantanu
fell in love with her and wanted her to be his bride.
Bibliography:
Author: Donald A. MacKenzie
Title: King Shantanu and Satyavati
Link: Link to story
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