Reading Notes: Tiny Tales Mahabharata Part A

Notes for Tiny Tales: Mahabharata pages 1-50

The Story of Satyavati: King Uparichara was laying under a tree thought about his wife and...ejaculated :/. He apparently wrapped the semen in a leaf and gave it to a parrot to fly it to his wife. Then, a falcon attacked the parrot and the leaf fell into a river. A fish (that poor fish) then ate the leaf. The fish happened to be an apsara who was cursed. A (probably very confused) fisherman caught the fish and found twins inside. He took the twins to King Uparichara who accepted the boy but gave the girl back to the fisherman. The girl became his daughter named Satyavati.

Not to make fun of this story, but I absolutely love the apparent absurdity of Satyavati's birth. You really never know what is going to happen next. It also kind of reminded me of some Greek mythology birth stories.

King Shantanu then marries Satyavati after asking her father for permission and promising that their son would be heir to the kingdom.

Harivamsa, Mahabharata Wikipedia Commons

Source: Laura Gibbs, Tiny Tales From The Mahabharata Part A

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