Ep.12.Satyavati: Origin; Boon of sweet fragrance; Mother of Veda Vyasa (Mahabharata)

Daughter of the great King Uparichara; mother to the author of the Mahabharata and the divider of the vedas; mother to 2 princes who became king; and the wife of King Shantanu, Satyavati was an intelligent and beautiful woman. Born to a Puru King and a fisherwoman mother, Satyavati was destined for great things and her adoptive father made sure to give her the best he could.  Listen to: -the origin and stories of her ancestors -the circumstances of her birth -her affair and the time she fell in love -how she received the boon -her son–Veda Vyasa Krishna Dwaipayana -what she did to save the Puru lineage from extinction.