Unnatural Births in Mahabharata
Unnatural births in Adi Parva
Adi parva is the first of eighteen parvas of the great epic of Mahabharata. It is also the first book in Mahabharata that is considered to be the book of beginning. Mahabharata, ancient Indian epic is full of miracles, unnatural at the same time unbelievable and unquestionable things taking place, in the sense that there are specifically no satisfying explanation and justification on their occurrence.
Mahabharata is an epic which even consists of things that we see in today’s world. It doesn’t give a picture of very idealistic society unlike Ramayana, though it has examples of Purushottam Purush and existence of god. In fact it is told that Mahabharata consists of all the things that ever happened and is every going to happen. There are evidences of everything in Mahabharata that has ever happened to our civilizations and is happening in out today’s modern world. Be it shift is sexuality, family division over inheritance, sharing husbands and wives, dowry, remarriage, widow remarriage, also gay sex with things that don’t exist in even today’s world e.g. unnatural birth, be it from a pot or fire or test tube babies.
Mahabharata talks about different kind of unnatural processes in bearing a child and the child birth, beginning from the short term pregnancy (as short as a boat ride) to long one (more than two years with no child), or getting pregnant invoking Gods, fish bearing a human child after consuming human semen or a child fertilizing or getting a life in pot of ghee with flash or from just a semen. Also abandoned kids of nymphs and sages are all over the forest with some coming out from the (spiritual) fire as gifts from god.
Some examples of unnatural births in Mahabharata
Ghandhari’s 101 children: Kauravas
Ghandhari who once pleased Rishi Vyas on his visit to Hastinapur, earned a boon to be the mother of 100 very power full children in return of taking good care of the Vyasa, and looking after his comforts during his
Adi parva is the first of eighteen parvas of the great epic of Mahabharata. It is also the first book in Mahabharata that is considered to be the book of beginning. Mahabharata, ancient Indian epic is full of miracles, unnatural at the same time unbelievable and unquestionable things taking place, in the sense that there are specifically no satisfying explanation and justification on their occurrence.
Mahabharata is an epic which even consists of things that we see in today’s world. It doesn’t give a picture of very idealistic society unlike Ramayana, though it has examples of Purushottam Purush and existence of god. In fact it is told that Mahabharata consists of all the things that ever happened and is every going to happen. There are evidences of everything in Mahabharata that has ever happened to our civilizations and is happening in out today’s modern world. Be it shift is sexuality, family division over inheritance, sharing husbands and wives, dowry, remarriage, widow remarriage, also gay sex with things that don’t exist in even today’s world e.g. unnatural birth, be it from a pot or fire or test tube babies.
Mahabharata talks about different kind of unnatural processes in bearing a child and the child birth, beginning from the short term pregnancy (as short as a boat ride) to long one (more than two years with no child), or getting pregnant invoking Gods, fish bearing a human child after consuming human semen or a child fertilizing or getting a life in pot of ghee with flash or from just a semen. Also abandoned kids of nymphs and sages are all over the forest with some coming out from the (spiritual) fire as gifts from god.
Some examples of unnatural births in Mahabharata
Ghandhari’s 101 children: Kauravas
Ghandhari who once pleased Rishi Vyas on his visit to Hastinapur, earned a boon to be the mother of 100 very power full children in return of taking good care of the Vyasa, and looking after his comforts during his