- Shantanu meets Hestinapura
- Before marriage Hestinapura makes Shantanu promise to allow her to do whatever she wants (beautiful to let her do what she does to his kids)
- She has 8 child and drowns them all except the last one
- Hestinapura explains to Shantanu her behavior (The God Vasus)
- The last one is taken with Ganga to heaven and later returned, Davavratha
- Davavratha is Bhishma
- Bhishma swears to celibacy and renounces his throne so his father, Shantanu can remarry
- Shantanu has 2 more sons and dies quickly
- Bhishma is king until the 2 young sons are old enough to rule
- Bhishma wins 3 wives for Vichitravirya
- Only 2 stays
- But the 3rd is rejected by her king
- Vichitravirya died without kids
- Bhishma can't break his celibacy
- The 2 wives have kids with Vyasa
- But he is so hideous they close their eyes and turn colors causing their kids to come out in the same condition
- Their maid likes him and she and Vyasa have a normal child
(Image Source: Yudhistia by Tropenmuseum)
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