{"id":72789,"date":"2025-04-13T02:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T20:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=72789"},"modified":"2025-04-12T18:30:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T13:00:54","slug":"the-queen-took-the-newborn-and-threw-him-into-the-ganges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/the-queen-took-the-newborn-and-threw-him-into-the-ganges\/","title":{"rendered":"The Queen Took the Newborn and Threw Him into the Ganges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Goddess-of-the-river-Ganga.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-72790 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Goddess-of-the-river-Ganga-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Goddess-of-the-river-Ganga-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Goddess-of-the-river-Ganga.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>\u201cMy name is Shantanu,\u201d he replied, \u201cand I am the king of these lands. It doesn&#8217;t matter if you don&#8217;t want to tell me your name for now, but know that you have already won my heart, and that I would like you by my side as a wife.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">More than a year had passed since that day and it had been a time of intense rejoicing and happiness. The king was happy and satisfied along with his beloved queen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">A little later she gave birth to a boy, but the happiness was stifled by an unexpected tragedy: to everyone&#8217;s amazement and horror, the queen took the newborn and threw him into the Ganges, killing him. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a section of the book \u201cMaha-Bharata As It Is vol. 1 of 2\u201d.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To buy the complete book, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kadachaeditions.com\/art\/maha-bharata-as-it-is-vol-1-of-2-english\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">click here<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMy name is Shantanu,\u201d he replied, \u201cand I am the king of these lands. 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