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Bhisma

Episode#7 The eighth son of Shantanu and Ganga - Devavrata, who grew up to be a skilled warrior and when she sent him to his father as promised, people of Hastinapur loved the handsome prince and looked forward to the day when Devavrata would be crowned as the king of Hastinapur. Ganga's forecast was now showing its true colors - after few years rolled by, Shantanu fell in love with a beautiful maiden, a fisher woman named Satyavati who ferried people across the river Ganga. He proposed her but she also pledged Shantanu that only her son would be his heir! Shantanu was in great dilemma since Devavrata was already crowned as the prince of Hastinapur. When Devavrata learned about his father's predicament, he went to Satyavati and promised her "I will not claim the throne of Hastinapur and allow your children to be the king of Hastinapur!" He further vowed that whoever is the king he will respect him like his father and protect him, yet Satyavati and her father we&#