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Urjaswathi  

Maharaja Priyavrata and his beloved queen Barhismati  have decided to perform her marriage with a bridegroom, who is better to her in transcendental knowledge with good character, magnanimity and capable of respecting her with responsibility and protecting her. I have advised them to convene a Swayamvara, where Urjaswathi will choose the Scholarly person to be her better half.

Maharaja Priyavrata had arranged a debate on the spiritual sciences. He wanted to find out who was the person who knew best the science of the Absolute, and that person would marry his beloved daughter Urjaswathi. None of the Scholars complied because they were afraid they would have to prove their knowledge, and may not be up to the task.

                     Urjaswathi as her name she is very splendorous with bubbling with grace and energy. She is of such beauty and grace that even the gods could not stop from admiring her. When it came time for to choose her husband at a Swayamvara, gods, princes and kings came to seek her hand.....Read now to understand the debate of intellectuals at The King Yayati..Sivkishen, Author