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.NAME STORY OF BISHMA

Originally named Devavratha, he became known as Bhishma after he took the bhishana pratigya 

.he vow of life-long celibacy and of service to whoever sat on the throne of his father  

.He took this oath so that his father, Shantanu could marry a fisherwoman Satyavati

.Satyvati's father had refused to give his daughter's hand to Shantanu on the grounds that his daughter's children would never be rulers as Shantanu already had a son(Devratha).

This made Shantanu despondent and upon discovering the reason for his father's despondency, Devavratha  sought out the girl's father and promised him that he would never stake a claim to the throne, implying that the child born to Shantanu and Satyavati would become the ruler after Shantanu.

At this, Satyavati's father retorted that even if Devavratha gave up his claim to the throne, his (Devavratha's) children would still claim the throne.

 Devavratha then took the terrible vow of life-long celibacy, thus sacrificing his 'crown-prince' title and denying himself the pleasures of conjugal love