Mahabharata is one of two major ancient Indian wiracarita written in Sanskrit. Mahabharata is estimated to be compiled between the 3rd century BC and the 3rd century AD

Synopsis

Satyawati, the daughter of a fisherman fell in love with Shantanu, Raja Hastinapur. Bhishma Putra from Shantanu and Gangga, has returned to Hastinapur and will be named the crown prince. Satyawati approved their marriage on the condition that her children would have the right to the throne

Bhishma took an oath to sing for life to convince Satyawati to want to marry her father, Shantanu. Then, Shantanu gave Bhishma Anugerah in the form of death in accordance with his wishes. Shantanu and Satyawati were married and then they had two children named Chitrangada and Wichitrawirya

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25 years later

Amba was reborn as Srikandi for King Drupada from Panchala and King Drupada said that Srikandi would be the cause of Bhishma's death. Bhishma went to the kingdom of Gandhara to submit a Dhritarashtra marriage application with the daughter of King Subala, Gandhari because her gift gave birth to one hundred boys

After learning that her future husband, Dhritarashtra, Gandhari decided to close her own eyes in order to feel the suffering of her husband and marry him. This made Shakuni the older brother of Gandhari angry and he vowed to destroy Bhishma who had submitted an application for Gandhari's wedding

Initially Drestarasta rejected Gandhari because of his decision, but later accepted Gandhari as his wife. Drestarastra was not given the throne because of blindness, and the throne was given to Pandu. Pandu married Kunti Putri from the Kunti Kingdom, and also married Madri from the Kingdom of Madra

Pandu was then condemned by RSI Kindama that Pandu would die if he did intimacy with women. Pandu who was broken hearted, leaving the kingdom with his two wives namely Kunti and Madri. After that, Trestarastra Reality became King of Hastinapur

15 months later

Gandhari was pregnant for more than one year which made Trestarastra angry. Kunti uses the grace that has been given to him by RSI Durwasa to call the gods of his choice and get their children. She gave birth to Yudhishthiraha from Yama (Dewa Death and Truth), Bheema from Bayu (God of Wind), Arjuna from Indra (King of the Gods). He also used his gift to Madri, and Madri got the twins of Nakula and Sadewa from Ashwini Kumara

But at that time, Pandu headed to the river and saw a lotus flower that was so large and in it there was a baby girl, as if it was a gift from Dewi Durga, finally Pandu took the baby and brought it back, then showed it to Kunti

"Kunti, look, do we want a daughter too?" asked Pandu to Kunti, as if they also wanted a daughter