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Some Odd Boons in Mahaabhaarat
There are a few boons which were
unbelievable, but the people who were granted them had faith in the boon giver
and thus enjoyed their fruits. Surprisingly all these boons were given by Shiv
Jee.
(1) Shiv to Ambaa
When Bheeshm reused to accept Ambaa as his wife,
Ambaa filled with rage and went or Tap. She pleased Shiv Jee and asked a boon
from him that she should be the cause of Bheeshm's death. Shiv Jee granted this
boon to her. She asked - "But how I will remember it and how I will go in
the battlefield, I am a woman." Shiv Jee said - "You will remember
everything and you will be born as a woman but will get manhood later and will
be the cause of Bheeshm's death." She gain asked - "But how I will
know that who is going to kill him?" Then he gave her a ever-fresh flower
garland and said - "You will put this garland in whoever's neck, he will
be the killer of Bheeshm." She tried several people but as everybody was
scared of Bheeshm, nobody dared to wear it. So she hung it on Drupad's gate and
died.
(2) Shiv to Drupad
With reference to above - Drupad did not have a child,
so he pleased Shiv Jee. Pleased with his worship when Shiv Jee appeared before
him, he asked for a son. Shiv Jee said, "So be it." Later a child was
born to Drupad, but it was not a boy, it was a girl. Drupad got surprised, but
had faith in Shiv's boon so he brought her up as a son. Nobody knew that she was
not a boy. Even Drupad married him to a girl. That girl went back to her house
and told her father that the man she was married to was not a man but was a girl.
At this girl's father was asked to send some courtesan to test the manhood of
Shikhandee. Hearing this Shikhandee ran away from the house and when she was
afflicted with sorrow, a Yaksh was going through skyway. He was cursed by Kuber,
so he kindly gave her his manhood on the condition that after a year he would
take it back.
After getting the manhood, Shikhandee
came back and proved himself as a man. Meanwhile Kuber did not pardon his Yaksh
so he did not need the manhood and thus Shikhandee remained a man afterwards.
(3) Shiv to Ashwatthaamaa
When Bheem broke Duryodhan's thigh and Paandav left
him on the banks of the pond, Kripaa, Ashwatthaamaa and kritvarmaa came to him
and asked him what he wanted them to do. He appointed Ashwatthaamaa as his Chief
Army General and asked him to bring five Paandav's severed heads. Ashwatthaamaa
went to Paandaav's camp along with Kripaa and Kritvarmaa. As he reached the gate
he saw a gigantic man standing (he was Shiv). He showered many arrows at him and
his all arrows were exhausted. Seeing this he thought to take shelter of Shiv. He
promised him to sacrifice his five elements in fire, so a golden altar appeared
with a fire upon it. He started offering his body parts in it. Shiv appeared before
him and said - "Nobody is so dear to me as Krishn. Till now I have protected
Paanchaal on His request, but now their Kaal has come." After saying this Shiv
himself gave him a polished sword and entered into his body. Ashwatthaamaa felt a new
energy in his body. Thus he killed Ddraupadee's five sons, all Paanchaals including
Dhrishtdyumn, Uttamaujaa, and Shikhandee. (read
G-6-War/41)
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