Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Amba

अम्बा · ambā

Eldest princess of Kashi; reborn as Shikhandi

Every door was closed to her, so she resolved to destroy the man who closed the first.

Bhishma carried off Amba and her two sisters from their bridal assembly as wives for his half-brother. Amba told him she had already chosen another king, and he let her go. That king would no longer have her; nor would Vichitravirya; and Bhishma was bound by his vow. She turned to austerities, won a promise from Shiva that she would cause Bhishma's death, and entered the fire to be reborn.