#jamadagni

*(and some not-so-chads)

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So we decided to list some of the chad husbands of Mahabharata that had been monogamous through and through staying loyal to just one wife that it. 🗿✨

1. Pururavas

Starting with we have Pururavas. Who was married to the apsara Urvashi and had a son called Ayus, who became his successor. Not going much into the details, as the myth itself can be made into a seperate post.

One thing that stayed common in all variations is Puraravas not having any other wives other than Urvashi. (Not Kalidasa's Vikramorvashiyam ahemm... That's not a myth that's a fanfiction and second fuck you Kalidasa)

So Puraravas definitely falls under the green flag monogamous chad catahyof HMC seeing how pookie he was in the myth (if you don't know the story please check it out!!)

2. Ruru

Another of the chads would ofcourse be Ruru. From the lineage of Bhrigu through his father Pramati, who was the son of Chyavana. Ruru was married to Pramadvara, who was raised by her foster father Rishi Sthulakesha.

Ruru immensely loved Pramadvara and it is very clear in the myth as well. Which again is just one of the cutest myths ever. Going as far as to sacrificing half of his lifespan to save Pramadvara.

He wins all the heart with his sweet and loving behaviour and enormous love for his wife. He definitely is one of the best monogamous chads out there.

3. Nala

We all are familiar with the sweet tale of Nala and Damayanti and their famous lovestory. So not at all going into the details of the myth, we can very well say Nala was by far one of the most chaddest of chads to exist.

He loved his wife Damyanti as much as she did and his actions in the myth speaks volumes about it.

Not wasting much words because we all know, Nala is one of the green forest monogamous chads indeed.

4. Aja

As the king of Ayodhya and Dasharath's father, making him the grandfather of our beloved Rama. Aja was married to Indumati, the princess of Vidharbha.

Their relationship was also as strong as iron. As the myth describes his love and grief upon Indumati's death and his early death because of that.

Even though Indumati had died leaving behind a son as young as eight months old. Aja had remained loyal to Indumati and had never remarried.

He definitely is one of the pookiest most deserving of the title of monogamous chads in this list

5. Pratipa

Not known to many, Pratipa was the father of Shantanu and the king of Hastinapur before him. Pratipa was married to Sunanda who was from the Shibi and had continued to stay loyal to her.

He had no other wives and had even rejected to marry Ganga, whom he offered to be his daughter in law instead in the future.

So that is why we feel he deserves a place in the list of monogamous chads.

6. Virata

The well known king of Matsya was also mentioned to have only one wife, Sudeshna in the entire Mahabharata. Since their personal romance wasn't mentioned at all, we can assume them to be loving and loyal.

It is unfortunate he dies in the war but we can hope he had led a happy and loving life being the kind and generous chad he was (hmc definitely has a thing for daddy Virata mind you)

He ranks in our lists of chads just right.

7. Balaram

The man. The myth. The legend. Balaram himself was the chaddest of the most chads in his avatar as the older brother of Krishna. There's not even any need to mention his story or how chad he as. Throughout his life he has been monogamous to his wife Revati, with whom he had two sons Nishatha and Ulmuka.

There family is short and sweet very unlike to the other members of the Yadavas like his father Vasudev or brother Krishna. That is why him being a monogamous chad stands out to us as him being quite unique that his family and also a pookie at that.

He definitely deserves one of the highest ranks in the monogamous chads list.

8. Abhimanyu

Though his marital life was cut short because of his sudden unfortunate death in the Kurukshetra, we must not forget what a chad and pookie Abhimanyu has been throughout his quite short and kinda sad life.

He falls under the catagory of monogamous chads not just because it obviously was true or that ahem HMC have a little bias towards him ahem but rather also because of the misconceptions that surrounds his marriage. Many people know him to be married to Uttara, the daughter of King Virata — yet another of the monogamous chads as mentioned earlier — and Queen Sudeshna of Matsya.

But many people also happens to believe Abhimanyu was married to Sasirekha, Balaram's daughter. Only that is false since neither Mahabharata nor Harivamsha ever mentions any existence of Sasirekha, and she was only mentioned in a folklore, called Sasirekha Parinayam. Which makes it very clear how Abhimanyu was a monogamous chad in the original texts.

He's a chad and a pookie and that makes us love him more that enough, and consider him eligible to be put in this list along with other chads.

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Now time for some of the ‘not so chads but monogamous they were’ ones. Which makes us quite disappointed since their behaviour has been nothing sort of good, if not downright horrible and disgusting towards their one and only wives throughout their lives.

1. Yayati

Probably the most horrible monogamous husband to exist in Hindu mythology one could ever think of is the Yayati himself. Married to Devyani, the daughter of the revered Asurguru Shukracharya and his wife Jayanti, Indra's daughter. Yayati is infamous for his long term affair with Devyani's ex friend and maid Sharmistha. Who herself deserves a dedicated post at how horrible she was.

Yayati despite being monogamous in name, as he was not married to Sharmishtha in “that” sense, was anything far from being a good or chad husband to his wife. He had a long term affair with Sharmishtha which bore him three sons, Anu, Druhyu and Puru whom he later refused to acknowledge as his own when confronted by Devyani at last after she found our about them.

Not going into much details at how horrible of a husband and in general a person Yayati was. He is definitely greatly detested by us. For all the correct reasons.

**Vidambana to dekho! Here we have Pururavas the og pookie monogamous chad who gets villified in many versions, and then we have his great grandson Yayati the og horrible fucktard husband, who gets whitewashed in many tales for absolutely no reason**

2. Dushyant

The father of the great Bharata. The man Dushyant himself dalls next in line to Yayati in being one of worst monogamous husbands in all of Hindu mythology's history.

Unless and until we're again going into the area of Kalidasa's writings of Abhijanashakuntalam, where Dushyant is a very load tried to be cleaned of his disgusting behaviour (by adding the plot point of him being cursed by Rishi Durvasa).

He is one of the most ignorant and horrible person to be known. Not going into the story as we all know what tragedy had befallen poor Shakuntala after her “marriage” with Dushyant. We can safely say Dushyant was a horrible husband for his poor treatment of Shakuntala, which included not acknowledging either her or their borne son Bharata and calling her many things including a harlot, and going as far as to disrespecting her mother Menaka as well.

These all in our eyes makes Dushyant the least eligible person to be called a proper husband let alone a chad one at that.

3. Dhritarashtra

We all quite a bit, if not more, know about how horrible Dhritarashtra was. As a failed father and husband, it is kind of a wonder he had managed to stay monogamous –though not loyal – for his entire life. (Could also be because no one wanted to marry their daughters to his sorry self perhaps?)

Starting from disrespecting Gandhari's opinions to cheating on her with her maid during the tough times of her pregnancy for over a year. He wasn't married to the maid, which makes it clear how even if he was monogamous, in name and literal meaning. He wasn't at all a decent husband.

There are many instances of how horrible he was, all as a father, an uncle and as a husband. But even not getting too deep into that (as it is kind of unnecessary for the purpose of this post) it is clear Dhritarashtra was by no mean one of the chads. So we are counting him in the list of not so chads as he deserves.

4. Jamdagni

Though Jamadagni does not completely falls under the catagory of not-so-chads, we still thought we should add him in the list and explain a little. As to why we think some of him actions were slightly.... uncanny? Towards his wife Renuka.

As we know how the lore goes, so not getting much into those, it is not hard to say his reaction to Renuka not bringing water, and the actions he took against her (or rather compelled his sons to take against her) were not at all praise worthy. They could – if not exaggerating – be considered inhumane perhaps?

Though we, HMC does believes he wasn't the worst of husbands or even bad enough to be on this list. Since his later remorse and guilt was evidence enough about his love for Renuka, AND that his actions were more of a result of his rash decision and anger. We cannot distract our thoughts from the fact, that Renuka perhaps would be scared and disappointed at Jamadagni for the series of incidents. Probably a little traumatized too... So taking in mind of her situation, this perticular criticism is held against Jamadagni by us. To maybe hold him a little accountable for his not so good actions?

This is the only reason he is in the list of ‘not-so-chad but monogamous still’s, even though the it's not exactly the catagory we would like to put him in.

She is the daughter of King Prasenjit of Ayodhya, married to Gadhi-Satyavati's son Jamadagni. She is also known as Kaamali.

She has five sons- Rumanvana, Suhotra, Vasu, Vishvavasu and Rama. As per Harivamsha she has three sons: Shunahshefa/Devarata, Shunapuchha and Rama.

Once when she and Jamadagni had been playing fetch in a scorching, summer afternoon. Her feet are burned on the hot ground, so Jamadagni asked Surya to redress the situation, and the god gifted him two items- an umbrella and a pair of sandals. According to the legend this is how humans came to own these items.

One day Renuka is out to fetch water from the river Reva-Narmada, and she sees the Kings Kaartaveeryarjuna and Shalva-Chitraratha (in other versions, a gandharva) frolicking in the river.

Jamadagni catches her eavesdropping on them, and in his anger orders his sons to murder her. The older four sons refuse, but the youngest, Rama, complies, being known hereafter as Parashu-rama, after the instrument with which he had committed matricide.

In some versions, she is brought back to life by a boon sought by Parashurama, but in some others she remains dead, and in any case the blemish of this act follows him for the rest of his life.

You have Yudhisthira, whose father Yama/Dharma shows up in his son's mortal life twice (iirc), gives him a 20 min quiz each time and then tells him that no son, we don't allow dogs in heaven (which, how dare, but we all have that one parent). This is so in line with Yudhisthira's arc, poor man that he is, having to spend his whole life finding answers to questions about righteousness and honour, losing his friends, brothers, wife and children in the process.

Rama-Dasharatha and Ganesha-Shiva are pretty straightforward - there's plenty of mutual love and respect despite the horrors ™️ , but then there is Rama and Luv-Kush. If you're counting the Uttar Kand, then these boys literally saw their mother die because their father could not stop questioning her honour. That has to mess with your head. There's no way it's a happily ever after story.

Another man who interests me greatly is Yayati. Like sir... what were you doing. Who grows old and thinks, "You know what would be great? Me borrowing my son's youth" and then curses them when they refuse? What were you thinking. What were your kids thinking. I need to take your heads apart with a scalpel, this is so incredibly insane. A father should give to his children - the only thing this man "gave" was to spare Puru from his curse.

You have Bhishma and Shantanu, another wild story. I understand that Bhishma chose to give up his birthright to make Shantanu happy, but can you actually tell me Shantanu wasn't at least somewhat interested in the plan? Shantanu is Bhishma's father, it's his job to stop him from doing things like this. I feel like pulling my hair out everytime I think of this. You can tell that Bhishma was afraid for his father's well-being when he made this decision, and that so... unfair.

On the other end of the spectrum are Krishna and Vasudeva, who are wholesome to the point of despair. Vasudeva giving up his everything just to get his boy out of prison?? Waiting years and years for him, but never lamenting or cursing Krishna for not coming fast enough??? That's peak fatherhood (Shantanu take lessons). And Krishna honours that sacrifice!! He comes from idyllic Vrindavan, slays the tormentor of his parents and rips the bars of their prison!!! And that old married couple trapped within those dank, dreary walls, with no one except the other for company, watches their godly son turn up to free them and show them the sky for the first time in more than a decade - the thought of it brings me to tears. Possibly the only part I like about the change from baby!Krishna to adult!Krishna is his reunion with Vasudeva and Devaki!

Oh, and last but not least, our favourite problematic pair: Jamadagni and sons. I'm slightly terrified by how Jamadagni was like "kill your mother for me she's sinful >:(" and when four sons refused, he actually killed them. HIS OWN SONS! Admittedly, in some versions he asks Parashuram to do the killing but like... those are his brothers. Who probably swaddled him and rocked him and fed him and played with him. And all this is presumably happening right in front of Renuka. And then Parashuram has to kill his mother as well, unless he wants to be a heap of ashes.

(In some versions, including the one I've always heard as a child, Parashuram is said to be "aware of" his father's immense power, which just seems to me a really polite way to say that Parashuram knew disobeying his father had consequences ™️ that weren't always right or rational)

Worse, after the killing is done, Jamadagni is so pleased he offers Parashuram a boon, presumably with the remains of the rest of his family still nearby, and when Parashuram asks for his mother and brother to be revived, Jamadagni is all like "ooh actually I got really angry, I think I'm going to renounce rage forever. Dw btw your brothers and mother forgot you killed them you're welcome <3"

She is the wife of the Yadava-Haihaya king Kaartaveeryaarjuna, and the queen of Avanti-Mahishmati on the banks of Narmada.

The most famous among her sons is Jayaddhvaja. Her grandson Taalajangha and great-grandson Veetihavya were two of the most dangerous Yadava kings of their times- they almost wiped the Paurava line off of the map and they managed to take Ayodhya from the Ikshvaku king Haryashva, whose descendants had to create the new city- Kashi, in order to escape the Yadava assault.

She is the daughter of King Gadhi of Kanyakubja [Kannauj]. She is given in marriage to the Bhargava rishi Richika.

Her mother wishes for a son, and hence they both approach Richika for help, and the latter gives them each a personalized magic potion to be taken in some time. Satyavati's mother makes an awkward move here, convincing her daughter to switch the potions because she believes that Richika might have made it more powerful for his wife.

When Richika is informed of this, he reveals that he had prepared the potions to make the resulting children mimic their respective caste stereotypes- calm and wise for Satyavati's potion, and angry and vindictive for her mother's [didn't work either way, but go off I guess], and the exchange would result in kids with the opposite personalities.

Satyavati then pleads with her husband, so he advises her to keep her son in check, and to pray the temper would remain under control [it didn't], but warned that it will definitely manifest in her grandson [it did].

Mariamman Renuka Devi Or Draupadi,Betrayed Wife Cult?

There are various legends on Mariamman, a form of Devi in South India. Mariamman is believed to cure among other diseases, Smallpox. Samayapuram Mariamman. And also sores, ghouls, pustules and diseases. Worship of Mariamman is prevalent in the Villages in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra, though the worship is more prevalent in Tamil Nadu Famous Samayapuram Mariamman Temple is near…

  It is one of the rare occasions The Lord Vishu took the Avatar as a Brahmin, the other being Vamana among the Twelve Avatars.

  He had his Mother’s head cut by himself at the behest of his Mother,

  She later became to be worshiped as Renukamba containing  her body parts. other than the head, while  Mariamman,  worshiped in Tamil Nadu,containing her Head.

  Parasurama was known for Hir Archery and his specialty was Pasupathastra, equivalent to modern Neutron Bomb.

  He took a vow o kill every Kshatriya as a revenge for Karhaviryajunas beheading of Jamadagi, Parasurama’s Father.

  He lost the battle against Lord Ram, while his battle against Bhishma was equal(Read my post-Clash of the Titans, Bhishma and Parasurama.

  Parasurama lived during the Ramayana and Mahabharata period as well.

  His weapon was Axe.

  The Axe would not fall from his hands, after he had killed his mother.

  It fell off at Parashuram Kund in Arunachal Pradesh.

  Parashuram’s Axe fell Parashuram Kund

Pilgrims Bathing Parashuram Kund

  Parashuram Kund is in Arunachal Pradesh, situated on the Brahmaputra plateau in the lower reaches of the north of Tezu in Lohit District, has been a

source of spiritual inspiration of a multitude of devotees since time immemorial.

  Legend.

  “One day,Renuka, mother of Parashuram, went to fetch water.

          While returning, she felt drawn towards King Chitranatha playing with celestial nymphs.

  Consequently, she was late in returning to the ashram.

  Jamadagni, her husband, worried over her delay as it was getting late for the midday worship.

  On perceiving through his divine power the reason for her delay, Jamadagni was so enraged that, on her arrival, he asked his sons to kill her.

  None of his six sons except Parashuram could oblige. He immediately beheaded his mother.

  The handle of the axe which he used, however, clung to his hand. Pleased with his son,

  Jamadagni desired Parashuram to ask for any boon.

  Parashuram asked six boons and one was for the immediate recovery of his mother.

  However, this did not wipe out his sin.

  He was told that the only way to wash off his sin was by taking a dip in the Brahma Kund.

  Only then would the axe stuck to his hand drop.

  Parashuram ultimately came to the Brahma Kund in present Lohit District and made a passage for the kund to come out by digging the bank of Brahma Kund.

  The spot where the axe dropped from his hand came to be known as Parashuram Kund.

  The Kalika Puram states that a mere bath in the kund leads to emancipation.

  The waters of the kund are considered as sacred as the waters of the River Ganga. I

  n the 18th century a sadhu re-established the site of Parashuram Kund.

  The sadhu who came through Chowkham, as the story goes, was driven out from his village as he was looked upon as a swindler.

  The villagers thereafter were afflicted with some unknown disease. Meanwhile the sadhu, had hidden himself in a cave around the kund away form the angry villagers.

  The villagers came in search of him and offered him fruits and flowers and asked forgiveness.

The site of the Parashuram Kund as established by the sadhu was in existence till 1950 when the old site was completely changed by the earthquake that shook the whole of the North-East and the kund was completely covered

  Festival falls on Makara Sankarnthi Day.(around  14,January)

  How to Reach.

  The kund is 165 kilometres form Tinsukia, the nearest railway station, 97 kilometres via Tezu.

  A fleet of the State Transport Department of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh make elaborate arrangements for playing buses form Tinsukia to Namsai, Wakro and Tezu.

  Citation.

  Bhakthi Sangam.

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