Episode#6 The central theme of Mahabharata is not dissimilar and is commonly found in most of the Indian families. In Mahabharata, there are rampant skirmishes right from the childhood wherein the Kauravas and Pandavas princes are at loggerheads - the subject of controversy being the hierarchy to the throne of Hastinapur. Apita was a ancient king of Hastinapur who begot three sons, Devapi, Balhika, Shantanu. Devapi, the eldest, did not suceed due an incurable ailment; the second was given in adoption to his mother's house Madra while Shantanu the younger succeeded to the throne. Young Shantanu one day while hunting near river Ganga, he fells in love with a ravishing woman and proposed her. She accepted to marry him on one condition, provided she would not be questioned or counter check for any of her actions, if he ever happened, she would abandon him permanently without any explanation whatsoever. King Shantanu was so deeply infatuated that without thinking of the consequences