amba related to bishma story

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Amba atory related to bishm

Bhishma was a great archer and a warrior. In the process of finding a bride for his half-brother the young king Vichitravirya,

  Bhishma cleverly abucted the princesses  Amba, Ambika and Ambalika of Kashi (Varanasi) from the assemblage of suitors at their swayamvara.

Salwa, the ruler of Saubala, and Amba (the eldest princess) were in love.

Upon reaching Hastinapuram, Amba confided in Bhishma that she wished to wed Salwa.

 Bhishma then sent her back to Salwa who turned her down as it was humiliating for a man to accept a woman who had been so long in the company of another man

. She then naturally approached Bhishma for marriage who refused her, citing his oath.

 Amba, humiliated and enraged beyond measure, vowed to avenge herself against Bhishma  even if it meant being reborn over and over again.

Legend has it that at her maternal grandfather's suggestion Amba sought refuge with Parasurama who ordered Bhishma to marry Amba.

Bhishma politely refused saying that he was ready to give up his life at the command of his teacher but not the promise that he had made.

 Upon the refusal, Parasurama called him for a fight at Kurukshetra.

At the battlegrounds, while Bhishma was on a chariot, Parasurama was on foot

. Bhishma requested Parasurama to also take a chariot and armor so that Bhishma would not have an unfair advantage.

 Parasurama blessed Bhishma with the power of divine vision and asked him to look again

. When Bhishma looked at his guru with the divine eyesight, he saw the Earth as Parasurama's chariot, the four Vedas as the horses, the Upanishads as the reins, Vayu (wind) as the Charioteer and the Vedic goddesses Gayatri, Savitri & Saraswati as the armor.

  

Bhishma got down from the chariot and sought the blessings of Parasurama to protect his dharma, along with the permission to battle against his teacher.

 Parasurama was pleased and said to Bhishma that if he had not behaved in this manner, Parasurama would have cursed him, for it is the duty of warriors who fight against elders to not abandon the traditions of humility and respect for elders. Parasurama blessed him and advised him to protect his dharma of brahmacharya as Parasurama himself must fight to fulfil his dharma of fighting to uphold his word as given to Amba.

 They fought for 23 days without conclusion Parasurama was chiranjeevi (immortal) and Bhishma had a boon that let him choose the time of his death..

 His ancestors gave him a weapon which was not known to Parasurama. They told him that it would put Parasurama to sleep in the battlefield.

 However the weapon was never used as Devas warned him from the sky that "If He uses this weapon it would be a great insult towards his Guru"

Parshurama felt really proud of Bhishma but said "He will not walk away from the battlefield,

 either Bhishma has to kill him or he can withdraw".

Bhishma humbly walked out from the war and saying that" He was never interested to fight his Guru, he did it only because his Guru asked him to do so".

But Amba, now her predicament unchanged, did severe penance to please Lord Shiva(as he is most easily pleased and could give anything to anyone).

 Lord Shiva assured her that she would be born as a man in her next birth(and still she would recall her past) and will be instrumental in Bhishma's death, thus satisfying her vowed it

She is the named as SHIKANDI