Mahabharata Episode 28: The Tales of Rishi Chyavan and King Ushinara

The Stories of Mahabharata

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Hinduism, Arts, Drama, Audio-drama, History, Religion & Spirituality, Fiction, Performing Arts, India, Mythology, Storytelling

4.8 • 914 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2015

⏱️ 18 minutes

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King Ushinara

In this episode of the Stories of Mahabharata, Rishi Lomasha tells the Pandavas two exciting stories. In the first story, he tells the story of Rishi Chyavan who regained his youth with the help of the celestial physicians the Ashwini Kumar twins. The second story narrates the tale of King Ushinara who was willing to give his body and life to save a little dove who took his refuge.

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0:00.0	The stories of Mohabharata retold by Shudip the Bhamik. the Welcome dear friends to another episode of The Stories of Mahabharata.
0:27.0	In the last episode we heard how Parashurama, the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu, killed the evil Shatria King
0:38.2	Kartaviria and purged the earth of Shatria's 21 times. After the Yada was left, Yiddishira and his team continued on their pilgrimage.
1:10.0	They crossed the Puyoshne River and arrived at the Waiduria Mountains near the banks of the
1:17.1	Narmada River.
1:19.5	Rishi Lomasha said, this is the place where Rishi Chavan, the son of the great sage Brigou, performed
1:27.8	his long and hard worship to acquire mystical powers. Yudishtira said,
1:34.0	please tell us about Rishi Chavan.
1:37.0	They all sat down around Lomasha
1:40.0	as he began narrating the story.
1:43.0	Many years ago, Rishi Chavan practiced his hard worship in this forest.
1:50.0	He sat under a tree for years and engaged in deep meditation.
1:55.0	He lost his sense of physical existence and sat still for ages.
2:01.0	His body was covered in a termite hill. Shrubs and vines grew around him.
2:07.9	Without food and drink, his body became frail and weak, but he didn't break his meditation.
2:17.0	One day, King Saryati came to the forest on a vacation with his wives and his beautiful daughter,
2:26.0	Sukanya.
2:28.0	The king and his men prepared for the hunting trip,
2:31.0	while Sukanya wandered around in the forest.
2:36.3	The loud noise from the Kings Untu Raj woke up Chavan inside the termite hill. Through a pair of holes in the hill, Chavan saw Princess Sukanya play with the birds and flowers around him.
2:52.0	Chavan felt attracted to the pretty princess and with his feeble
2:57.1	voice he called her to come closer.
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