Was Bhishma a great man? While watching Mahabharata the other day and discussing few characters of Ramayan and Mahabharata with a friend, this question popped in my mind. Was really Bhishma a great man? Yes, he did take a vow “never to get married” and “to see his father in king of Hastinapur & to always protect the state”, he did renounce his worldly desires and his right to the throne, but was it good? Or was it a mistake? Did his vows and his subsequent actions throughout his life to observe it, resulted in a worse situation? I asked this question to all of my contacts, (via WhatsApp Status); most of them ignored it but the very few who did respond, were divided in opinion. My elder sister told, that yes Bhishma was wrong and so was Shantanu. Shantanu, was Bhishma’s (then known as Debabrata) father. He, once saw a tribal girl, Satyavati, and fell in love. He asked her father, her hand in marriage, but with just one condition; King Shantanu had to ensure that the o...
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