Satyavati picked up courage and revealed an old incident in her life. As a maid, come of age she was once obliged to ferry a boat across Yamuna for the benefit if the great rishi Parasara. While in the middle of the river he fell in love with her and mated her creating darkness all round. A dark child was born and brought up in an island in the river.
Therefore he is called Krishna Dvaipayana. Satyavati was again converted into a virgin. The fish smell in her body was turned into fragnace. The child quickly grew into a Rishi and rearranged the Vedas into four parts. So he is called Veda vyasa. While parting with the mother Satyavati the Rishi told her that he would appear before her if he was called for due to any distress.
That Vyasa was Vichitravirya’s eldest brother on the mother’s side just as Bheeshma was the eldest brother on the father’s side. The mother offered to invite Vyasa and Bheeshma gave his hearty consent to it. That was the best solution arrived at. In the midst of the stupendous Vedic literary work Vyasa intuitively felt the call from his mother. There was a sweet and charming thrill in the meeting of the mother and son after a long time.
A wave of bliss was in evidence on either side. The excitement over, the son asked for the cause of his being called in. the mother presented her dilemma in detail and requested Vyasa to instill the seed of progeny in the wombs of the widowed Ambika and Ambalika who were young, beautiful and in need of issues. The Rishi realized the gravity of the situation and agreed to fulfill the desire of his mother.
