Kuru's were not invited to the kashi princess's swayamwar, which enraged bhishma.
satyavati found the 3 girls of kashi king worthy for their family, and she immediately agreed to bheeshma's idea to gate crash the swayamwar. and the events there, we pretty much know.
and in an open swayamwar, where there were no competitions, a girl would usually choose a person or i ll go with king or prince, who was good looking, powerful. and the royal families would not be conducted without the consent of the daughters. so its quiet clear that the three princess were approached and amba had all rights to lay bare her feelings to her parents.
i am not justifying what bheeshma did was right with my words. but we now never know what the circumstances were back then. all we can do is just analyse with analytical minds of today and the scriptures we read now.
i also find salva and amba equally to be blamed in this.
he who claimed to love her unconditionally, left her just because he was defeated and was at bheeshma's mercy? is it worth called 'True love'??
and even when facing bheeshma, he never said that he and amba loved each other. had he told that, may be...may be the scenario would be different. or if amba had told him...
and coming to amba... she had let go of every opportunity to tell bheshma that she loved salva.
could she not tell him at the swayamvar, or when bheeshma proposed her sister's wedding with his brother? or when they were being taken to hastinapur??
did not satyavati and bheeshma send her to salva when they knew she loved salva? they sent her like a princess but then she did not have any qualms with them!!! she dreamt her wedding with salva and her life after...
what salva did was also not right. he left her and sent her back.
hurt and tormented, rejected by the man she loved she returned to hastinapur and demanded bheeshma to marry her.
did she not know that he was vowed to celibacy? then why him? had he not made it clear he was at swayamvar for his brother?? (although i am not sure if this could be done in those times... but let me leave that aside) when she refused, she was hurt again.
a beautiful maiden was rejected twice, once by the man she loved and once by the man who won her.
why did she not find salva wrong? why only bheeshma?? is it true what they say? a lady never finds any faults in the person she loves!!
it was then she looked forward to desroy bheeshma... she approached parashuram and when she failed, she gave her life, and took rebirth as shikhandi or shikhandini...
i am not sure who is actually to be blamed... because all have played their parts... its up to out perception...
sorry if offended anyone but these were my thoughts...
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