Jai Sriman Narayana !!
King Pandu brought enormous wealth after winning
over the battles with the neighboring countries; this wealth was reverentially
handed to Bhishma Pithamaha and Sathyavati. It was fairly
distributed to the members of Kurus: Drushtharashtra, Ambika , Ambalika
and Vidura. Ambalika embraced Pandu with lots of affection and shed
tears of joy at the victory of her son. Durtharashtra
conducted a grand Yaga’s equivalent to Ashwamedha Yaga with the wealth he
received from his dearest brother, on this occasion he has donated abundance of
alms in the form of golden coins to the Vedic Brahmins. The Kingdom of
Hasthinapur and its people praised the glories of King Pandu. The people
of Hasthinapur lived a happy and prosperous life.
It was the collective decision to send King Pandu
and his wives Kunthi and Madhri for recreation to the woodlands, in order to
alleviate from the physical and mental weariness caused by the prolonged battle
with the neighboring countries. This couple prepared to leave comforts
and luxuries of the palace. They proceeded to woodlands,
constructed a beautiful hermitage in the lush land of Sala tree in the
Himalayas. King pandu merrily wandered through the rich lush land like
Airavatha with his wives Kunthi and Madhri. King Pandu cheerfully chased
deer’s, the people resided in the forest thought that it was not an ordinary
human but deity from the celestial world. Drutharashtra made all
the arrangements to send the requirements for King Pandu and his wives.
In the meantime, Bhishma came to know about the
beautiful daughter of King Devaka who was born to a Shudra woman. Bhishma
visited the Kingdom of King Devaka and informed the purpose of his visit to
receive his gorgeous daughter’s hand for Vidur, chief of the Assembly of
Kurus. The marriage of Vidur with the daughter of King Devaka
was performed according to the prescribed rules. This couple
blessed with virtuous and intelligent offspring’s, they were the mirror image
of Vidur.
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
