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In cases where the husband is dead without having children or is impotent. There the wife could conceive with the help of a Mahatma man, taking permission from her in -laws on the death of her husband or husband. Although this practice …Read more
The practice of the practice used to be used for children.
Highlights
- In the Mahabharata period, Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidur were born from Niyog system.
- Kunti and Madri gave birth to the Pandavas from Niyog.
- The purpose of the Niyog system was only to have children.
Whenever you hear the name of a warrior or hero in the Mahabharata period, he was often introduced in his mother’s name. For example, Kuntiputra Arjuna, Devkinandan Shri Krishna, Gangaputra Bhima… It is clear that mothers were given an important place in the society during that period. But during this period there was also a practice like ‘Niyog’, many heroes have been born by which many heroes have been born. Today, there may be different opinions on this practice. But why was it actually this practice and how she used to explain the opinion of that society, let’s understand it.
What was the practice of Mahabharata period
According to the scriptures, in cases where the husband is dead without having children or is impotent. There the wife could conceive with the help of a Mahatma man, taking permission from her in -laws on the death of her husband or husband. This practice was called Niyog. However, there were very strict rules regarding its observance. The writer Ami Ganatra tells about this practice in her title, saying, ‘The use of the practice was not only for sexual pleasure but only for children. There were restrictions about how many times Neog can be practiced by a woman. At the same time, the biological father was not compulsory to have any relationship with the child born. The child will get the name of her real mother and her legitimate husband (in whose name it was appointed).
Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidur Birth from Niyog itself
There are many occasions in Mahabharata when we find evidence of the use of this practice. In ancient texts, you often get to hear about this practice, when the king or queen used to use the practice for a proud and brave child. In the Mahabharata period, the great king Shantanu had two sons from the Ganges i.e. Bhishma and Satyavati, Vishweerya and Chitrangad. Bhishma had already taken a fierce vow of life -brancharya in an incident. At the same time, Chitrangad, the elder son of Shantanu and Satyavati, died in his youth. Vichitravirya married two princesses of Kashi Ambika and Ambalika. He too died in puberty without a child. There were only two options to keep the Kuru dynasty alive-or from Bhishma’s marriage, or from the process of Niyog of Ambika and Ambalika. Bhishma was firm on his promise. Therefore, Satyavati’s first son, Krishna-Dwaapayan i.e. Ved Vyas was called to help the queens conceive. After the use of this venera, Dhritarashtra was born from Ambika, Vidur from Ambalika to Pandu and Ambika’s maid.
There are many occasions in Mahabharata when we find evidence of the use of this practice.
The mother of Pandavas became Kunti-Madri from this practice
Not only this, Ami Ganatra tells in her book that the Pandavas were also born of this practice. Pandu married Kunti and Madri. Pandu was unable to meet with his wives due to the curse given by a sage. Pandu and his wives resorted to Niyog for children’s origin. Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjun were born from Kunti through Dharmaraja, Vayuvadeva and Indradev respectively. Nakula and Sahadeva were born to Madri and Ashwini Kumar. These five sons of Pandu came to be known as Pandavas.
