How Mahabharata was written - Ved Vyasa requests Ganapathi to be the scribe but there are conditions to be met

The boy from the river - King Shantanu meets Goddess Ganga and they have a son Devavrata

Bhishma's vow - Devavrata makes Bhishma Pratigya or the terrible promise and becomes known as Bhishm

Story of Shikhandi - Bhishma makes princess Amba very angry and she goes to any length for revenge

Birth of Dhritrashtra, Pandu and Vidura - Satyavati has a secret past which becomes instrumental in the birth of the three very essential character

Kunti's gift, Kunti's burden - Kunti is gifted divine powers and tests it with terrible consequence. She marries Pandu and moves to Hastinapur