Vyasan, the author of the great epic Mahabharatha, was the son of a fisherwoman/ boatwoman.
This great woman was known as Matsyagandhi and also Satyavadi. She was taking the sage Parasaran to the other side of the river in her boat. While alone with her on the boat, the sage was attracted by her great beauty and wanted to enjoy her. When he expressed his desire, she didn’t yield at once, though he was a Brahmin sage, instead she put forward the following conditions: 1. her fish smell should be changed into a perfume so rare to get, that is, from the horns of the deer known as ‘kasthuri.’ 2. No one should see their union and she should remain virgin even after their union. 3. The upbringing of the child should entirely be upon the sage only. Only when he agreed to all her conditions, she gave herself up and conceived and gave birth to Vyasan, our great author of Mahabharatha.
Her youth and beauty along with her special smell was talked all over that king Shanthanu too was attracted by her. The king invited her to live in the palace. Here again she put forward her conditions through her father. She didn’t want to be one among the many keeps of the king; instead she wanted to be the crown mother, so that her son succeeds the king. Having a son already, he became sad and came home. But this son, Devavradan, knowing the cause for his father’s distress, himself went to her hut to make his father’s desire fulfilled. He too was told of the condition. When he agreed to give up his right, this great fisherwoman was suggesting that his children might stake their claim for kingship. Here Devavradan takes an extraordinary oath ever to remain a celibate. Because of this severe oath, he was thereafter known as Bhismar. When all her conditions were accepted only she moved from her fishermen hut to the palace. Thereafter, it was her descendants who ruled the great Hastinapura. Thus she was not only the mother of the great author Vyasa, but also the mother of this great epic and its heroes.
[Satyavathi gave birth to Chithrankathan and Vichithraveeryan from Shanthanu. While still unmarried Chithrankathan was killed. So, Vichithraveeryan became the king. Ambika and Ambaali, the two younger daughters of king of Kasi were married to Vichithraveeryan, but were not having any children. Again at the intervention of Vyasan, they both gave birth to Drutharashtrar and Pandu respectively. Drutharashtrar married Gandhari, the daughter of Gandhara king Subalan, and Pandu married Kundhi, the daughter of Yadava king Suran. The children of the first couple were the hundred and one Kauravas and of the later were the five Pandavas between whom the Mahabharath battle broke out.]
This great woman was known as Matsyagandhi and also Satyavadi. She was taking the sage Parasaran to the other side of the river in her boat. While alone with her on the boat, the sage was attracted by her great beauty and wanted to enjoy her. When he expressed his desire, she didn’t yield at once, though he was a Brahmin sage, instead she put forward the following conditions: 1. her fish smell should be changed into a perfume so rare to get, that is, from the horns of the deer known as ‘kasthuri.’ 2. No one should see their union and she should remain virgin even after their union. 3. The upbringing of the child should entirely be upon the sage only. Only when he agreed to all her conditions, she gave herself up and conceived and gave birth to Vyasan, our great author of Mahabharatha.
Her youth and beauty along with her special smell was talked all over that king Shanthanu too was attracted by her. The king invited her to live in the palace. Here again she put forward her conditions through her father. She didn’t want to be one among the many keeps of the king; instead she wanted to be the crown mother, so that her son succeeds the king. Having a son already, he became sad and came home. But this son, Devavradan, knowing the cause for his father’s distress, himself went to her hut to make his father’s desire fulfilled. He too was told of the condition. When he agreed to give up his right, this great fisherwoman was suggesting that his children might stake their claim for kingship. Here Devavradan takes an extraordinary oath ever to remain a celibate. Because of this severe oath, he was thereafter known as Bhismar. When all her conditions were accepted only she moved from her fishermen hut to the palace. Thereafter, it was her descendants who ruled the great Hastinapura. Thus she was not only the mother of the great author Vyasa, but also the mother of this great epic and its heroes.
[Satyavathi gave birth to Chithrankathan and Vichithraveeryan from Shanthanu. While still unmarried Chithrankathan was killed. So, Vichithraveeryan became the king. Ambika and Ambaali, the two younger daughters of king of Kasi were married to Vichithraveeryan, but were not having any children. Again at the intervention of Vyasan, they both gave birth to Drutharashtrar and Pandu respectively. Drutharashtrar married Gandhari, the daughter of Gandhara king Subalan, and Pandu married Kundhi, the daughter of Yadava king Suran. The children of the first couple were the hundred and one Kauravas and of the later were the five Pandavas between whom the Mahabharath battle broke out.]
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