Princess Of Kashi

Bhishma, this is a guy who has taken the oath of celibacy for the happiness of his father. Which was a good and noble thing, right? And for that, he even received the name Bhishma.

But the ironic thing is that A man who has taken an oath of celibacy, Is the man who flowed most blood for the women.

Gandhari was just one of his victims. Even before her, he ruined 3 women's lives, Just because the king of that kingdom didn't invite his step brother to the swayamvar, In which princesses can choose their husbands.

Bhishma, seeing that it is an insult to his kingdom and his stepbrother, Marched into the Kingdom of Kashi and abducted all those three princesses. Then forced 2 of them to marry his stepbrother but the last princess named Amba already loved someone else. So she denied getting married to his stepbrother.

Hearing that Amba loved someone else, Stepbrother also became furious and rejected her marriage and asked Bhishma to take her back. She was overjoyed hearing the news. She thought that after this she would be able to marry what she loved but her fate was doomed the moment she was abducted from the assembly.

The man she loved refused to marry her saying that now she belonged to someone else, As she was with another man for days.

She argued, She was innocent. She was abducted against her will, She only spent 1 day in Hastinapur kingdom, Others spent traveling.

But that man didn't listen to her plea at all. He said that Bhishma abducted her in front of all the kings. If he accepted her now it would be an insult to him and his kingdom. He might make a warrior like Bhishma his enemy. So he can't take a risk. After that, he goes away from there, Leaving lifeless Amba alone. Dejected, she goes to her home, Her kingdom, Kashi. Feeling this is the only solace she has remaining in the whole world.

She just wanted to go to her father and expressed her sorrow, crying her heart out to him but as she entered the hall, A stern voice stopped her in her tracks.It was her father's voice but there was no love in the voice like before, He is currently looking at her like a stranger. He ruthlessly denied her entry into the palace and broke all the connections between her. Amba felt like her whole world had fallen, The Love of her life denied her, The father who used to dote her , broke all relations with her Just because she was abducted by Bhishma. She didn't blame them though, Bhishma terror is there. Whole Aryavart is afraid of his might. So they, as kings for the protection of their subjects, didn't want to be his enemy.

She knows that only Bhishma was responsible for her current state, So she goes back to Hastinapur to ask for justice. If everyone denied her because of that man then he is the one who has to take responsibility. So in the royal court of Hastinapur, She asked for justice. Justice is that because no one wanted to marry her because of Bhishma then he should marry her. She knows his oath of celibacy, Which is the reason she asked him to marry her. Just like he ruined her, She too wanted to ruin him but her request was outright denied by Bhishma. He although feels sorry for her and his hands are tied because of the oath, He offered her again to marry his brother but she didn't want that.

So she leaves from there and asks everyone in the Aryavart for justice but no one wants to be an enemy of Bhishma.

Feeling frustrated, She goes to the Bhagwaan Parshuram. A warrior saint and 6th Avatar of Lord Vishnu who 22 times cleaned this earth from the tyranny of evil kings single-handedly. One man and one Parshu (Battle-Axe) wiped out 22 generations of evil kings. He is also the teacher of Bhishma.

Amba was very confident that he would help her get justice. So she went to him and said everything that happened to her. Listening to her story Bhagwaan Parshuram felt angry and disappointed in Bhishma but he also knows that he was doing this to keep his oath and Amba doing this not only for justice but for revenge.

But he agreed , with battle axe which didn't know how many heads were cut by it and he moved towards Hastinapur.There he asked Bhisma to marry Amba to which he obviously denied. So a battle is inevitable between them.

To fight vigorously but both didn't do their best, One was fighting his teacher, While the other one fighting his student but as the battle stretched into the day they started to be more and more aggressive.

Finally, gods had to interfere or they might destroy the world, Parshuram also sighed in relief because if they, If wanted he had long since killed Bhishma, If not for his boon of ichhamrit(Self-will of death) and his love for his student.

After all his Battle Axe was given to him by Lord Shiva himself, That Axe never fails and comes back without testing the blood of opponents.

Amba was again disappointed, But she also didn't want Bhishma to die, No it was too cheap for him to die just like that and receive a place in heaven after destroying her life, She wanted him to live, Live with the fact that what he did, She wanted to be his wife and became the constant reminder of his sins. She wanted to make his life living hell as he made hers.

But now it was not possible, So after that, she went away somewhere to seek someone else, Who could give her justice but she never appeared again.

What happened to her after that incident?

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I will change orginal story of her after this incident.