Bhishma:Birth; vow of Brahmacharya; boon to choose time of death

The story of Bhishma’s birth and his vow to be childless is told in the Sambhava Parva of the Mahabharata. As commander of the Kuru army and the grand-uncle to both the Kauravas and Pandavas, Bhishma is one of the main protagonists of the story. The son of King Shantanu and goddess Ganga, he …