Bhishma Story

The film begins in the court of [[Brahma]], where Mahabhisha & [[Ganga (goddess)|Ganga]] lure each other, and the lord curses them to be born as mortals. Mahabhisha takes birth as [[Shantanu]] in the [[Kuru Kingdom|Kuru]] dynasty, meets Ganga, and knits her on a condition not to question her actions. Time passes, and Ganga gives birth to 7 children and drowns them in the river. During the turn of the eighth one, devastated, Shantanu confronts her when she disappears with the child who grows up to be Devavratha, a great warrior trained by [[Parasurama]]. Once he is acquainted with the father while hunting, Ganga unites them and quits. A few years later, Shantanu attracts [[Satyavati]], the daughter of Dasaraju. So, he moves with the proposal, which they accept, provided Satyavati’s son would inherit the throne of [[Hastinapur]]. Hence, Devavratha pledges a mighty vow of lifelong celibacy and service to whoever sat on the throne of their dynasty, which debilitates him as ”[[Bhishma]],” and his father gives him a boon that death will not be near him until he calls. After some time, Shantanu passes away, and Satyavati’s son Vichitravirya becomes the king.

Bhishma decides to perform his nuptial with the princesses of [[Kaasi]] [[Amba (Mahabharata)|Amba]], [[Ambika (Mahabharata)|Ambika]], & [[Ambalika]]. However, the Kaasi king affronts not submitting the proposal to Hastinapur as Satyavati belongs to the grassroots. So, enraged Bhishma abducts the princesses. Following, Amba proclaims her love for Salwa when Bhishma honorably sends her back. Salwa denies her when Amba returns to Bhishma and asks him to splice, which is impossible because of his oath. Then Amba approaches Parasurama, who edicts Bhishma but in vain, and the war erupts, and Bhishma defeats his mentor. Accordingly, Amba takes a pledge to avenge Bhishma, performs immense penance to please [[Siva]], and takes a boon that she will cause Bhishma’s death. Next, Amba reincarnates as [[Sikhandi]], a woman who later transforms into a man. The [[Kurukshetra]] war begins, which designates Bhishma as the supreme commander of the [[Kaurava]], and [[Pandavas]] are unable to defeat him for ten days. Ergo, on the tactic of [[Krishna]], [[Arjuna]] shoots Bhishma, keeping Sikhandi in front, and he collapses on ”Ampashayya,” the arrow bed. After the completion of the war, Bhishma leaves his breath on ”Uttarayana Punyakalam,” and Krishna bestows him a boon that the universe celebrates the day as ”Bhishma Ekadashi.”