Untold story: Episode 92 Mahabharata is a lunar dynasty. It begins with King Soma (Moon) followed by Puruvas, Nashusha and Yayati. After Yayati, Puru was made the king, rest of his sons were disinherited, including the Yadu (Yadavas). While Puru carried a flagship of Lunar Dynasty,  his son Dushayanta married Shakuntala. Bharat was their son. Bharat Varsh owes it's name to him. Bharat had a grandson Kuru and Kuru's grandson was Shantanu. Shantanu married to Satyavati. They had grandchildren Chitrangada and Vichitravirya. Shantanu had a son Bhisma through Ganga before marriage, Satyavati had a son Krishna Dvaiyapayna (Ved Vyasa) through sage Parashara.  After Vichitravirya's death, Satyavati summoned her son Krishna Dvaiyapayna to impregnate Vichitravirya's wives. Thus were born Dhritarashtra, Pansy, and Vidura.  In the battle of Kurukshetra, Pandavas were victorious,  but five sons of Draupadi died. Ghatotkacha, Bhima's son through Hidimba died and Arjuna son throug...

Episode#5 Yayati passed through a bad phase when his friend approached for his help. He asked him to provide 800 horses which he has to offer his guru Vishwamitra as Guru-Dakshina. Yayati unable to help his friend in any way, offers his daughter Madhavi. Madhavi was blessed with the ability to bear a son and regain her virginity after every marriage. (Like Satyavati, Kunti and Draupadi were also blessed with the same boon). The justified implications of giving away Madhavi as a gesture of help is inexplicable to the mordern age man but deep contemplation clarifies that this action was commensurate with the intention of helping Galava is an inordinate way whereby the required number of horses would be ready to be offered to the guru as pledged. Let's see how the sweetness of reality unravelled itself...!!! Galava sold her to three kings in sucession and bargained against two hundred special horses from each. Madhavi begot 3 sons to each king. As he was short of 200 horses...