the king of kashi was the father of amba ambika ambalika.
the king of kashi was the father of amba ambika ambalika.
who is the father of amba ambika ambalika?
the king of kashi
vyasa is traditionally known as the chronicler of this epic and also features as an important character in it. according to the legend, the sage vyasa was the son of satyavati and parashara. during her youth, satyavati was a fisherwoman who used to drive a boat. one day, sage parashara was in a hurry to attend a yajna. satyavati helped him cross the river borders. on this account, the sage offered her a mantra which would result in begetting a son who would be a sage with wisdom and all good qualities. satyavati immediately recited the mantra and thus vyasa was born. she kept this incident a secret, not telling even king shantanu. after many years, shantanu and satyavati had two sons, named chitrangada and vichitravirya. chitrangada was killed by gandharvas in a battle, while vichitravirya was weak and ill all the time. satyavati then asked bhisma to fetch queens for vichitravirya. bhishma attended the swayamvara conducted by the king of kashi (present-day varanasi), and defeated all the kings. he abducted three princesses amba, ambika and ambalika. amba, later was a source of trouble to bhishma. amba was in love with the prince of shalva and when bhishma learnt about this, he allowed her to go to shalva, who rejected her. she came back to bhishma and asked him to marry her, which he could not due to his vow. she shuttled between bhishma and shalva with no success. due to this she vowed to kill bhishma. during the wedding ceremony, vichitravirya collapsed and died. satyavati was clueless on know how to save the clan from perishing. she asked bhishma to marry both the queens, who refused, as he had taken a vow and had promised her and her father never to marry. he, therefore could not father an heir to the kingdom. later, satyavati revealed to bhishma, secrets from her past life and requested him to bring vyasa to hastinapur. sage vyasa had a fierce personality and a bright , glowing spiritual aura around him. hence upon seeing him, ambika who was rather scared shut her eyes, resulting in their offspring being born blind. the child was dhritarashtra. the other queen, ambalika, upon meeting sage vyasa turned pale, which resulted in their child being born pale. he was pandu. alarmed, satyavati requested vyasa meet ambika again and grant her another son. ambika, instead sent her maid to meet vyasa. the duty bound maid was calm and composed; she had a healthy child later, named vidura. while these are vyasa's sons, another son shuka, born of his wife pinjalā (vatikā), daughter of the sage jābāli was his true spiritual heir. shuka appears occasionally in the story as a spiritual guide to the young kuru princes.
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amba ambika ambaalika (),dubbed into hindi as mahayudh is a 1976 indian malayalam film, directed and produced by p. subramaniam. the film stars srividya, kaviyoor ponnamma, hari and jose prakash in the lead roles. the film has musical score by g. devarajan. this film was based on "mahabharata".









































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bullet::::- srividya as amba









































bullet::::- kaviyoor ponnamma as old age sathyavathi









































bullet::::- hari as devavrathan (bheeshmar's teenage)









































bullet::::- jose prakash as bheeshmar









































bullet::::- kedamangalam sadanandan









































bullet::::- prema as padmavathi









































bullet::::- ramachandran as kalinga raajaavu









































bullet::::- sankaradi as fishermen's king









































bullet::::- raghavan as saalvan









































bullet::::- unnimary as ambalika
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