It is
time to know the incredible story of Veda Vyasa's Birth. In the age of Vedas
there were Aryan and non-Aryan. It was first seen in the Ramayana that a
friendship could take place between Aryan and non-Aryan. But during Ramayana Aryan
was lord and Non-Aryan was devotee. In the age of Mahabharata, a black man was inherited in the union of Aryan Parasara and Satyavati who was brought up in
non-Aryan family. The man was Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa who wrote the epic Mahabharata
to spread out the greatness of Vedas.
Our
story began 5000 years ago. A boat was floating on the banks of blue Yamuna River.
A beautiful woman was sitting on the boat. But in the sense a woman’s beauty
is judged in those days, no one will call her beautiful. Because the lady was
dark black and people affectionately called her kali. If someone could diminish
his weakness for fair skin, then the beauty of this lady appealed to any man. The
light of the setting sun fell on the Yamuna. But why was a woman sitting there
at such a time.
The
Lady’s name was Satyavati who was adopted by Dashraj, the chief fisherman of
Hastinapur. Satyavati used to cross river Yamuna sometimes to help her old
father. Such a time a sage came to cross the river. He said, “Where is the boat
man who cross the boat every day?” The lady said, “My father is having trouble crossing
the boat at his old age. So I sail the boat sometimes.” The sage said,” Ok Basunandini!
It’s evening, seems like I am your last passenger.”
But the sage was not any ordinary man. He was Parasara, grandson of Great sage
Basistha. Satyavati asked Parasara,” why are you calling me Basunandini? I am
the daughter of Dashraj.” He said, “You are not the descendant of a fisherman.
There is royal blood in your body. You were born into an aristocratic family.
Your father is the world-famous emperor Uparichar Basu, your mother is Apsara
Adrika.” Parasara said, “Listen, Basunandini, once the most beautiful Apsara
Adrika was staying in the waters of Yamuna as a fish under the curse of a
Brahmin. At that time, by chance, the semen of the Chedis emperor Uparichar
Basu fell into the waters of Yamuna. Fish Adrika came and ate it. Then, at the
end of ten months, the fish-like Adrika is caught in Dhibarraj's net and you
are found in her belly. That's why you smell like fish. Your mother has been
released from the curse and has gone to heaven.”
But I don’t think the story is absolutely true. Satyavati’s father was Uparichar Basu but mother was some woman of a native of Matsya (fisherman). At that time fisherman was considered as non-Aryan. The marriage between Aryan and non-Aryan was not regular thing back then. We saw that Satyavati never knew her mother. Maybe that Non Aryan lady was expelled by Dashraj. Satyavati had grown up among fisherman. What was going to happen after Parasara had told the story?
That is for next blog…..
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