In the years that followed, she killed their seven children in the same way, drowning them in the river.
“Now, I will have to go away. Do you remember the condition I imposed on you? If you objected, I’d leave you. This too is part of the plans of the Supreme Lord, often incomprehensible to us. I will leave, and this child, who I will call Devavrata, will come with me, but when he grows up, I will bring him back and he will stay with you.”
Shantanu did not want to lose her, reason why he felt a great pain inside, but he was also seized by a strong curiosity to know what had caused those dramatic events.
“But at least tell me what happened. Why did you act like this? Why did you kill our children? What or who forced you to do it?” he inquired.
“I am Ganga, the goddess of the Ganges River,” she replied. “This great river, sanctified by the head of the god Shiva, which descends from the celestial planets and continues to flow on this earth, is mine.”
This is a section of the book “Maha-Bharata As It Is vol. 1 of 2”.
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