Bhishma's Vow in the Mahabharata Proves That Duty Without Desire Is Its Own Kind of Abandonment
He Chose Duty Before Anyone Asked Him ToBhishma did not make one vow. He made two, on the same day, and the second is the one nobody talks about. The first was celibacy. The second was the renunciation of the throne of Hastinapura. His father Shantanu wanted to marry Satyavati,…
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