Mahabharata Episode 29: The Story of Ashtavakra

The Stories of Mahabharata

Mahabharata Audio Productions, LLC

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

4.8 • 914 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2015

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Rshi Ashtavakra

The young Rishi Ashtavakra was born crooked at eight parts of his body. The deformity was caused because of his father's curse. But later Ashtavakra saves his father from his ill fortune. Listen to this story and the stories of how lord Vishnu slays the demon Narakasura and later saves the earth by taking the form of a boar or a Varaha.

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0:00.0	The stories of Mohabharata retold by Shudipha Barmick.
0:27.0	Welcome dear friends to another episode of the stories of Mahabharata. In the last episode we heard the story of how Rishi Chavan got back his youth with the help of his wife Sukanya.
0:36.6	We also heard how King Ushinara passed the cruel test of Lord Agney and Indra. After traveling for days the pilgrims
1:06.6	near the banks of the river Samanga.
1:11.0	Lomasha pointed to hermitage and said,
1:14.0	Look, there is the ashram of Rishi Ud Dalak, the son of the great sage Sveta Kethu. During the Threta Yuga, Sethakethu and his nephew Ashtavakra were the best of the Vedic
1:29.3	scholars and their story is worth listening.
1:32.3	The Pandavas once and their story is worth listening.
1:33.0	The Pandavas once again gathered around to hear the story of Ashtavakra and Svetakithu.
1:40.0	Rishi Udalak gave his daughter Sujata in marriage to his student, the learned sage,
1:49.2	Cahor.
1:51.0	One day Rishi Cahor was chanting from the Vedas while his pregnant wife's Jata was busy with her daily housework.
1:59.0	Suddenly the child spoke from his mother's womb.
2:03.4	Stop!
2:04.8	Your chanting is incorrect!
2:07.9	Kahor was surprised to hear this.
2:10.6	He said, how dare you say such a thing? You are not born yet and you judge my knowledge of the scriptures?
2:18.0	The child replied,
2:21.0	listening to you and others in the Ashram,
2:24.0	I have learned the scriptures from inside my mother's womb.
2:28.0	Trust me, you are wrong.
2:31.0	Kahore felt insulted. He stood up and cursed his unborn child. You have insulted and
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