Friday, March 16, 2012

Wife of Abhimanyu

                                   Wife of Abhimanyu

Most of us know about Abhimanyu. He is  the son of Arjun and Subhadra. But many people dont know about his family.
Uttara is his wife. She is the daughter of King Viraat. Her brother is Uttara Kumara. It is a proverb in Kannada to tease people who boast about their ability. It is Uttarakumara's ability. Because Uttara Kumara had boasted infront of his sister and others that he will defeat Kouravas who had taken their cows forcibly. But Arjun who disguised himself as Bruhannala had  come to the rescue of Uttara Kumara.
Subhadra is Arjun's wife. Their son is Abhimanyu. Abhimanyu's wife is Uttara. Uttara was pregnant when Mahabharat war was going on. Abhimanyu had been sent to fight with enemies. But they killed him cheatingly. When Arjun came to know of this, he killed Saindhava who was responsible for his son's death. Mourning Kouravas approached Ashwatthama.
Ashwatthama decided that he will destroy Abhimanyu's full family. He aimed at pregnant Uttara. He was about to kill the unborn child, that time Shri Krishna intervened and saved the child. He is Pareekshit. It is said that he was cursed that he will die because of snake biting.
Hence Pareekshit confined himself to a room to that no one can enter. But the curse had to be fulfilled. One day Pareekshit was eating a fruit. In that there was a snake like poisonous worm and it had bit him. Thus, Pareekshit breathed his last.

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