Vichitravirya

Vichitravirya
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Spouse(s) Ambika and Ambalika
Children Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura

In the epic Mahabharata, Vichitravirya (Sanskrit: विचित्रवीर्य, vicitravīrya) is the younger son of queen Satyavati and king Shantanu and grandfather of the Pandavas and Kaurava. His elder brother Chitrāngada, had initially succeeded their father to the throne of the Kuru Kingdom, but when he died childless, Vichitravirya succeeded him. He was married to Ambika and Ambalika. Vichitravirya too died childless like his brother, and through a procedure by his half-brother sage Vyasa, his wives and a maid gave birth to three children, namely Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura.

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