Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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Rishi Vaishampayana narrates to King Janamejaya
about the legend of his ancestors. After few years of marriage of Pandu
with Gandhari, it was Bhishma thought about a second marriage for Pandu.
Bhishma with the Vedic Brahmins, Sages and Rishis and the enlightened in
the assembly proceeded to the Kingdom of Mathura/Madhra ruled by King Shalya.
Bhishma was received with great honor in Madhra and King Shalya earnestly
enquired the reason for his visit. Bhishma graciously answered that his
purpose of visit to Madhra was to receive the most beautiful and intellectual
Madhri, sister of King Shalya as his daughter- in-law and wife to King Pandu
and also stated that both the families are perfectly suitable to be
united. King Shalya hesitatingly revealed his opinion about the proposal
and the customs which was carried out by them; it was the practice prevailed in
their family to receive plentiful wealth in the form of gold, precious jewels,
elephants, horses, chariots, grand royal attires, precious stones, grand houses
from the bridegroom as a return gift. Bhishma who was well aware of
the same which was already narrated by Lord bhrahma, graciously agreed to
follow their tradition and provided copious wealth to King Shalya on behalf of
King Pandu. It was received with utmost reverence by King Shalya and
courteously gave off his sister Madhri’s hand for marriage to Pandu.
Bhishma pleasingly returned to Hasthinapur with Madhri.
On an auspicious day the wedding ceremony of
Madhri, the most beautiful and intelligent princess of Madhra with King Pandu
was performed. Kind Pandu showed equal love and attention to his both the
wives, lived a blissful life. It was after thirty days of marriage of
with Madhri, King Pandu decided to go to war field in order to expand the
strength and resources of Kingdom of Hasthinapur, and it was duly approved by
Bhishma Pithamaha and the assembly. King Pandu prepared to leave
Hasthinapur, he paid initial obeisance to Bhishma Pitamaha and elders of Kuru,
bade farewell to Drutharashtra and the members of the whole family and resumed
the journey with a huge army of men accompanied on elephants, horses and
chariots. King Pandu won over the neighboring cities and proceeded
through Panchala Desam, entered in a battle with the King Dhirga of Magadha and
won over him, further moved to Vidheham/Mithila, Kasipuram/Kasi,Sambha, Pundra
etc… King Pandu won over his enemies with his remarkable war tactics and
marvelous strength of the army. The cities won in the battle were come
under the rule of Kingdom of Hasthinapur and they had to pay exorbitant wealth
in the form of elephants, horses, camels, precious stones, jewels, as tax to
Kurus. King Pandu was treated as the most valiant on the Earth, rulers of
the other Kingdom were reverentially stood before King Pandu to follow his
instructions and gifted abundance of wealth in the form of precious stones and
jewels, gold and silver, horses, elephants, camels, chariots etc…. King
Pandu returned to Hasthinapur with all those wealth, the people of the Kingdom
were overjoyed and praised the valor of their King. Bhishma and the
entire royal family members were cheerfully received King Pandu, admired him
for the abundance of resources he had brought in the form of elephants, horses,
camels, cows, chariots etc…King Pandu paid obeisance to Bhishma and the elders,
Bhishma shed tears of joy and affectionately embraced Pandu.
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
