Vichitravirya : the second son of Shāntanu, the king of Hastināpūra & father of Bhīṣma) by Satyavati. He succeeded to the throne when his elder brother Chitrāngada was killed in battle. Bhīṣma sent by Satyavati to find a suitable wife for Vichitravīrya, defeated the suitors invited for the three daughters of the king of Kāshi – Ambikā, Ambālikā & Ambā, & brought all three to Hastināpura. When Amba refused because she was betrothed to another king, he returned her to her father. As Vichitravīrya died prematurely of consumption, Satyavati called her first son Veda Vyāsa to grant a son each to Ambikā & Ambālikā through his yogic powers. Their sons Dhṛitarāṣṭra & Pāndu were brought up by Bhīṣma. (S/a Vidura)
... highest point, must have fallen into that state of senile decay, which once it overtakes a nation, is fatal & irremediable. They were followed by the empire of the Bharatas. By the times of Santanou, Vichitravirya and Pandou this empire had long been dissolved by the centrifugal force of Aryan politics into its constituent parts, yet the Kurus were yet among the first of the nations and the Bharata Kings ...
... substituted by the later reciters for an older name no longer familiar. It is now known beyond reasonable doubt that the Mahabharata war was fought out in or about 1190 B.C.; Dhritarashtra, son of Vichitravirya, Krishna, son of Devaki & Janamejaya are mentioned in Vedic works of a very early date. There is therefore no reason to doubt that an actual historical event is recorded with whatever admixture ...
... that it was sufficient to refer to him by the name of his mother as Krishna son of Devaki for all to understand who was meant. In the same Upanishad we find mention of King Dhritarashtra son of Vichitravirya, and since tradition associated the two together so closely that they are both of them leading personages in the action of the Mahabharata, we may fairly conclude that they were actually contemporaries ...
... that it was sufficient to refer to him by the name of his mother as Krishna son of Devaki for all to understand who was meant. In the same Upanishad we find mention of King Dhritarashtra son of Vichitravirya, and since tradition associated the two together so closely that they are both of them leading personages in the action of the Mahabharata, we may fairly conclude that they were actually cont ...
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