I read more stories from Mahabharata (Nine Ideal Women: Savitri and Damayanti by Sunity Devee) by just as I did for the Ramayana. Again I was not surprised to find more stories of great and beautiful women.
Savitri
This story is about the princess of Abunti and her everlasting love for her husband. One day siting by the edge of the river she sees a man, Satyaban, and instantly they fall in love. They fall so far in love that Savitri has no other choice than to marry him, even though he is destined to die in one years time. She shows her love for him time and time again, and when the King of Death comes to steal Satyaban from her, she proves her love once more. She proves that no matter what she will stick by his side, because he is all that she could ever want from life, he is all she cares about, and without him, she is nothing. She saves her husband from this untimely death and they live on through their lives as they should, happily married for forever and always.
Damayanti
This story reminds me of the Pandavas brothers from before as a beautiful princess weds a wonderful king. They have two children and are very happy and the gods are happy for them because it is true love. However one man is not and uses the kings brother in order to take everything from him that he owns, his entire kingdom is lost in a game of dice! Damayanti follows her husband into his exile and loves him just as much as when he was king. He thinks otherwise and leaves her in order to give her a better life. In the end Damayanti throws a Swayamvara in order to entice her husband to come back to her and thus he does. Then after many years apart he has finally learned to play dice and wins back his kingdom from his brother and all is well.
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