Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Assisted by Bhisma, Dhrtarastra ruled over the kingdom on Pandu's behalf. After hearing of Pandu cursed and his subsequent retirement, Dhrtarastra, despite his blindness, was officially installed as monarch. He thought sadly of his brother and missed him greatly, but in his absence he competently managed all the affairs of state.
It once came to pass that Vyasadeva arrived hungry and thirsty at Dhrtarastra's palace. Gandhari attended to him conscientiously. Vyasadeva was pleased with the girl and blessed her, "You shall soon have one hundred sons as powerful as your husband." In due course of time Gandhari conceived. For two years she bore the embryo within her womb, becoming increasingly anxious. Then one day news reached her that Kunti had given birth in the forest to a boy as effulgent as the morning sun. Out of frustration and anger at her own excessively long gestation, she struck violently at her womb. She then brought forth a hard mass of flesh that resembled an iron ball. As her nurses informed her of the stillbirth, she was afflicted by grief and thought of Vyasadeva and his boon.
At once the sage appeared before her and said, "What have you done?"
Gandhari told him how she had become overwhelmed with envy and frustration when she had heard of Kunti giving birth to Yudhisthira. With tears in her eyes she said, "I struck my womb and this lump of flesh came out. What then was the meaning of your boon?"
Vyasadeva replied that his words could never prove false. He asked the servants to bring one hundred one pots filled with ghee. He then sprinkled cool water on the lump of flesh and it gradually divided into one hundred and one parts, each the size of a thumb. These were placed in the pots which were then sealed and placed in a concealed spot. Vyasadeva instructed that the pots should be opened only after two more years had passed. He then departed for his lonely mountain ashram.
Exactly after the two years had elapsed the pots were opened one by one. From the first came a child who was named Duryodhana. At the moment he was brought out of the pot the sound of braying asses and screaming vultures was heard. Jackals howled and the wind blew fiercely. Without any apparent cause, fires sprang up all around the city and raged in all directions.
The frightened King Dhrtarastra summoned the Brahmins, Bhisma, Vidura and other ministers and counselors. He asked them the meaning of the omens. "The eldest of the princes is undoubtedly Yudhisthira and he should inherit the kingdom. I do not dispute that. But will my own son become the king after him? O wise ones, please tell me what is right and lawful."
As Dhrtarastra spoke the terrible sounds began again from all sides. Hearing this, Vidura replied to the king, "When these omens are seen at the birth of a child, it is evident that he will be the exterminator of his race. Our prosperity and future depend upon his being abandoned. Do not hesitate, O King. This child must be cast away at once."
Vidura told Dhrtarastra that he would still have ninety-nine other sons. There would be no sin in abandoning this child, as the scriptures clearly state that an individual can be abandoned for the sake of a family. Indeed, a family can be abandoned for the sake of a village, a village for the sake of a city and the world itself can be abandoned for the sake of the soul.
Dhrtarastra was unable to accept Vidura's counsel. He could not allow his son to be cast away. He shook his head slowly and said nothing in reply. As the nurse stood by holding the baby, the king waved her toward Gandhari and the child was handed to her. Bhisma and Vidura looked at one another but said nothing. Dhrtarastra was the monarch; his word was final.
Over the course of the next month, all the pots were opened and one hundred boys and one girl were brought out. All the boys bore the signs of being great warriors and rulers. The king and queen rejoiced in their good fortune. Dismissing the evil omens, they dwelt contentedly in Hastinapura, attended by Bhisma and Vidura.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => MBK: 1.3: The Pandavas Come to Hastinapura
Notes:
When Vyasa was making the lump in 100 parts Ghandari developed a desire to have a girl child do Vyasa deva cut the lump in such a way that a girl child was also born of the lump.
It took months before there was any sign of life from the babies. Vyas had instructed that the pots be kept covered and warm at all times and Dritrashtra was so terrified that his sons would be harmed by cold that he allowed no one to lift the covers at all. The room was kept constantly hot, as hot as a woman's body.
Gandhari used up all her powers in three stages, one when she opened her eyes to shield Duryodhana, then she cursed Krsna and then when she she showed her wrath to Yudhistar seeing His toes that turned black immediately.
In vitro fertilization method.
Those days are the days where scientific advancement are better than now. Because of scientific advancement when we believe the test tube babies which are successful now were more natural in ancient days. They don't need any kind of artificial method and they adopted scientific methods like test tube baby method most advanced than now. why i said so advanced method? now, we have only one baby in test tube method This method is In Vitro Fertilization.
Gandhari had heard that kunthi hasd given birth to Dharmaraja etc and was ansious that her child must become the emperor.She began to strike at her stomoch and wanted to completely kill the baby inside her uterus, causing immature delivery.She did it, but Vedavyasa came to her rescue,.He made 101 pieces of the faetus and put all oof them in 101 pots with herbs and some manthra. He asked the attenders to open the mud pots only after a certain time.Thus Gandhari had 100 sons and one daughtr. If Duryadhana had born to her in one single human body, no one on earth can defeat him, because he was the representative of kali.Duyodhana was cut in to pieces , thus, pandavas had the chance to defeat Duryodhan. Vedavyasa was indeed the main person to start and finish the Kuru Dynasty.
The eldest son of the blind son Drita-rashtra is Dur-yodhana, who symbolize the Ego. To the blind king who symbolize the blind mind marries Gandhari. She out of emotionally love to her blind husband, ties a bandage on her eyes. Thus Gandhari symbolize the blind intellect following the blind mind. This blind mind and blind intellect breeds many desires through ten sense organs. Five are senses of knowledge or perception the eyes, nose, ears, tongue and skin (Gnanendriyas). The other five are the senses of action-mouth, hands, feet, genital organ and anus (Karmendriyas). There are 10 directions north, south, west, east, north east, south east, south west and northwest and up and down.
When the mind and intellect run blindly in all 10 directions and functions through 10 sense organs , give rise to hundred (10 x 10 = 100) propensities, desires, thoughts, ambitions, expectations and dreams. These are the children of the mind and symbolized as the 100 sons in Mahabharata. The eldest of these thought is Dur-yodhana which means the one whom it is difficult to fight. "Duh" means difficulty, "yodh" means to fight and represents the Ego , which is difficult to fight or indomitable. The second son and brother to Dur-yodha is Dus-asana , the name means one who is difficult to control.
When the mind and intellect run blindly in all 10 directions and functions through 10 sense organs , give rise to hundred (10 x 10 = 100) propensities, desires, thoughts, ambitions, expectations and dreams. These are the children of the mind and symbolized as the 100 sons in Mahabharata. The eldest of these thought is Dur-yodhana which means the one whom it is difficult to fight. "Duh" means difficulty, "yodh" means to fight and represents the Ego , which is difficult to fight or indomitable. The second son and brother to Dur-yodha is Dus-asana , the name means one who is difficult to control.
Sukhadev Goswamis mother and wife of vyasa Dev remained pregnant for 16 yrs.
Gandhari remained Pregnant for 2 yrs
Today the pregnancy is said to be of 9 months and 7 days.
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