Samvarana

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Samvarana ( Sanskrit संवरण saṁvaraṇa m. ), Is the name of a king in the Mahabharata . He was the son of Rickshaw, husband of Tapati and father of Kuru .

Samvarana in the Mahabharata

In the First Book, Adiparvan, it is reported that at one time when Samvarana was king, his people were afflicted with great calamities and suffered from plagues, drought and famine. Powerful enemies with large armies attacked the country and the king eventually had to flee with his family and ministers to settle in the woodlands on the Indus. One day the Rishi Vasishtha came to visit and stayed with the small community for eight years. Samvarana then decided to make him his house priest, and with his help soon regained his whole kingdom and all his power.

Marriage to Tapati

Once it happened that the king wandered lonely on a mountain after his horse died. Suddenly he saw a young woman of great beauty who appeared to him like a dreamlike figure. However, when he spoke to her and asked about her origins and family, she suddenly disappeared, whereupon the king froze in shock. A little later she showed herself to him again and said she was Tapati, the daughter of the sun god Vivasvat . She would let him decide whether to marry the king.

The king spent another twelve days on the mountain and tried to make the sun god favorable through prayers. In addition, he internally called his house priest Vasishtha, who appeared immediately and knew intuitively what worried the king. He suggested that Samvarana court the bride in his place, and the sun god willingly consented to his daughter's marriage to the king.

The two then lived happily on the hills and mountains for twelve years, while the king completely withdrew from his official duties. One day an extreme drought ravaged his land, whereupon Vasishtha asked the king and his wife to return to the kingdom. In doing so, they brought new happiness and prosperity to their people.

See also

Tapti

literature

  • JAB van Buitenen, Mahabharata Book 1, Chicago 1973, pp. 211-12; 325-29
  • Wilfried Huchzermeyer, Studies in the Mahabharata. Indian Culture, Dharma and Spirituality in the Great Epic. Karlsruhe 2018, pp. 136–37. ISBN 978-3-931172-32-9

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), pp. 1116,1
  2. ↑ Mbhr. 1.89.27–43 (Pune Critical Edition)
  3. ↑ Mbhr. 1.160-163