Bhishma. Source
Mahabharata Online Films, link to the online videos
- Story can be said to start at many points
- Account of how karma functions - cause and effect
- Drowned their first child
- The king did not ask his wife any questions
- The queen killed their next 6 children
- The king could not hold silence anymore when she was about to kill the 8th child
- The skilled archer at the river was the kings son (16 years later)
- It was clear that the king was upset after the fisherman's daughter rejected his offer in marriage
- The prince (king's son) met with the fisherman to try to convince him to let his daughter marry his father, even offering to give up the throne when it would be time so her children can reign
- His son will be able to choose the time of his death
- Bhishma kept his promise of watching the throne
- Bhishma acted as a father to his two half-brothers
- Bhishma worried if something happened to his brother, there would be no one to claim the throne
- Bhishma starts the cycle of his death
- Terrible illness killed the king, no one to take the throne
- Bhishma refuses to father the children
- Child would be born pale and with poor health
- Need to create alliances with other powerful kingdoms
- Sister blindfolded herself for life
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