Category:Vicitravirya
Vicitravirya
- Vicitravīrya
- son of Satyavatī
- stepfather of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Mahārāja Pāṇḍu and Vidura
- stepbrother of Vyāsadeva and Bhīṣmadeva
- husband of Ambikā and Ambalika
Pages in category "Vicitravirya"
The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
A
- After Ambika and Ambalika, the two daughters of Kasiraja, were taken away by force, Vicitravirya married them, but because he was too attached to these two wives, he had a heart attack and died of tuberculosis
- After Vicitravirya's death, his mother, Satyavati, who was also the mother of Vyasadeva, asked Vyasadeva to beget children through the wives of Vicitravirya
- Akrura said, "My dear son of Vicitravirya, you have unlawfully usurped the throne of the Pandavas. Anyway, somehow or other you are now on the throne. Therefore I (Akrura) beg to advise you to please rule the kingdom on moral and ethical principles"
T
- The fight between Parasurama and Bhismadeva concerns three daughters of Kasiraja - Ambika, Ambalika and Amba - who were forcibly abducted by Bhismadeva, acting on behalf of his brother Vicitravirya
- Two sons named Citrangada and Vicitravirya were born from the womb of Satyavati by the semen of Santanu, and Vyasadeva was born from Satyavati by the semen of Parasara
V
- Vicitravirya died of tuberculosis, and his wives, Ambika and Ambalika, had no issue
- Vicitravirya was the name of Dhrtarastra's father, but Dhrtarastra was actually the begotten son not of Vicitravirya but of Vyasadeva
- Vidura said: Your (Dhrtarastra's) father, brother, well-wishers and sons are all dead and passed away. You yourself have expended the major portion of your life, your body is now overtaken by invalidity, and you are living in the home of another
- Vyasadeva, following the order of his mother, Satyavati, begot three sons, two by the womb of Ambika and Ambalika, the two wives of his brother Vicitravirya, and the third by Vicitravirya's maidservant. These sons were Dhrtarastra, Pandu and Vidura