Why Ganga Killed Her Seven Children In Mahabharata?

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Why Ganga Killed Her Seven Children In Mahabharata?

One day King Shantanu was out hunting near the banks of river Ganga when he saw a woman of incredible beauty. The woman was Ganga herself in a human form. Shantanu mesmerized by the beauty of Ganga, approached her and proposed to marry her. He offered her to be his wife and the Queen of Hastinapur. Ganga agreed to be his wife, but at the same time put forth a condition. She demanded that Shantanu would never stop her from doing anything or question her actions. If he did so, upon giving him an answer she would leave him forever. Shantanu blind in his love agreed to Ganga’s demand and the two married.

One after the other Ganga had delivered seven children and each time she would walk up to the river and drown each of their children and despite the King’s grief he could not step up and demand an explanation from Ganga.

In their previous birth, Ganga was the daughter of Brahma and Shantanu was the powerful King Mahabhisha of the Ikshavaku dynasty. While the celestials were worshipping Brahma, a wind blew and displaced Ganga's clothes revealing her body. Everybody present there bent their heads except Mahabhisha who kept on gazing at her body. Brahma lost his temper and cursed Mahabhisha and Ganga to be born as mortals and that Ganga will cause much pain to him.

She named her son Devavrata, who went on to be a great warrior and is often referred as Gangaputra Bhishma or Bhishma Pitamah in the Mahabharata. Shantanu was filled with grief from the loss of his wife and son, began to practice Brahmacharya for a while and spent the rest of his life without Ganga.
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