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Mandavya (Sanskrit:
मंदव्य)was a sage
wrongly punished by
the king by being
impaled as the chief
of robbers who had
clandestinely hidden
their stolen goods
in a corner of
his hermitage when
he was in deep
contemplation. Lord
Dharma gave him this
punishment for
having tortured
birds and bees in
his childhood. At
this Mandavya cursed
Dharma, as his
punishment exceeded
the sins committed
as a child in
ignorance. Therefore
he cursed him to be
born in the mortal
world. He was born
as Vidura, the wise,
to the servant maid
of Ambalika, wife of
King Vichitravirya,
who offered her to
Sage Vyasa in place
of Ambalika. |
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