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==Marriage and widowhood== | ==Marriage and widowhood== | ||
[[File:Uttara Abhimanyu.jpg|thumb|left|Uttarā pleads to Abhimanyu as he leaves for the war]] | [[File:Uttara Abhimanyu.jpg|thumb|left|Uttarā pleads to Abhimanyu as he leaves for the war]] | ||
Once King [[Virata]] realized who Uttaraa's dance teacher was, he immediately proposed to offer his daughter to [[Arjuna]]. However, [[Arjuna]] clarified to King Virata the doting relationship that a teacher has with his/her student is like that of a [[parent]] and [[child]]. He then proposed to make Uttaraa his daughter-in-law by marrying her to his son, [[Abhimanyu]] | Once King [[Virata]] realized who Uttaraa's dance teacher was, he immediately proposed to offer his daughter to [[Arjuna]]. However, [[Arjuna]] clarified to King Virata the doting relationship that a teacher has with his/her student is like that of a [[parent]] and [[child]]. He then proposed to make Uttaraa his daughter-in-law by marrying her to his son, [[Abhimanyu]] by that she even became co-wife of Shashirekha ( [[Abhimanyu's ]] first wife) <ref>{{cite book|last=Mittal|first=J.P.|title=History of ancient India : a new version|year=2006|publisher=Atlantic|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788126906161|pages=530-531}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Abhimanyu|publisher=Amar Chitra Katha Private Limited|isbn=9788184821062}}</ref> | ||
Uttaraa was widowed at a very young age when [[Abhimanyu]] was killed in the [[Kurukshetra war]]. When [[Abhimanyu]] died, Uttaraa tried to [[Sati (practice)|burn herself on the pyre]] of [[Abhimanyu]], but [[Krishna]] stopped her from doing so, informing her of her [[pregnancy]]. | Uttaraa was widowed at a very young age when [[Abhimanyu]] was killed in the [[Kurukshetra war]]. When [[Abhimanyu]] died, Uttaraa tried to [[Sati (practice)|burn herself on the pyre]] of [[Abhimanyu]], but [[Krishna]] stopped her from doing so, informing her of her [[pregnancy]]. | ||
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As a punishment [[Krishna]] curses [[Ashwatthama]] that he would lose his source of power, the jewel that adorned his shining forehead. This loss of the jewel that adorned his forehead made [[Ashwatthama]] lose his state of mental alertness and he was forced to retire to obscurity as a derelict in the forests. [[Parikshit]] became [[heir]] to the [[Kuru (kingdom)|Kuru dynasty]] and eventually became king of [[Hastinapur]]. In due time, [[Parikshit]] gave Uttaraa a grandson, [[Janamejaya II|Janamejaya]]. | As a punishment [[Krishna]] curses [[Ashwatthama]] that he would lose his source of power, the jewel that adorned his shining forehead. This loss of the jewel that adorned his forehead made [[Ashwatthama]] lose his state of mental alertness and he was forced to retire to obscurity as a derelict in the forests. [[Parikshit]] became [[heir]] to the [[Kuru (kingdom)|Kuru dynasty]] and eventually became king of [[Hastinapur]]. In due time, [[Parikshit]] gave Uttaraa a grandson, [[Janamejaya II|Janamejaya]]. | ||
It is said that 15 years after the tragic war, [[Dhritarashtra]], along with his wife [[Gandhari (Mahabharata)|Gandhari]], sister in law [[Kunti]] and brother [[Vidura]] renounce in the forest. 2 months later [[Pandava|Pandavas]] and all the Hastinapur citizens desired to meet them. They all went to meet them. [[Vyasa|Sage Vyasa]] was also present there. All of them were missing the deads. So, Rishi Vyas made them alive for a day and all the citizens and royals spent time with their loved ones. But when it was time for them to leave, Vyasa asked all the widows who wish to join their husband to drown themself in the river Ganga along with their respective husbands. So, probably, Uttaraa also died along with all the wives of Kauravas. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||