Monogamous Chads of Hindu Mythology [Part -1]
*(and some not-so-chads)
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So we decided to list some of the chad husbands of Mahabharata that had been monogamous through and through staying loyal to just one wife that it. 🗿✨
1. Pururavas
Starting with we have Pururavas. Who was married to the apsara Urvashi and had a son called Ayus, who became his successor. Not going much into the details, as the myth itself can be made into a seperate post.
One thing that stayed common in all variations is Puraravas not having any other wives other than Urvashi. (Not Kalidasa's Vikramorvashiyam ahemm... That's not a myth that's a fanfiction and second fuck you Kalidasa)
So Puraravas definitely falls under the green flag monogamous chad catahyof HMC seeing how pookie he was in the myth (if you don't know the story please check it out!!)
2. Ruru
Another of the chads would ofcourse be Ruru. From the lineage of Bhrigu through his father Pramati, who was the son of Chyavana. Ruru was married to Pramadvara, who was raised by her foster father Rishi Sthulakesha.
Ruru immensely loved Pramadvara and it is very clear in the myth as well. Which again is just one of the cutest myths ever. Going as far as to sacrificing half of his lifespan to save Pramadvara.
He wins all the heart with his sweet and loving behaviour and enormous love for his wife. He definitely is one of the best monogamous chads out there.
3. Nala
We all are familiar with the sweet tale of Nala and Damayanti and their famous lovestory. So not at all going into the details of the myth, we can very well say Nala was by far one of the most chaddest of chads to exist.
He loved his wife Damyanti as much as she did and his actions in the myth speaks volumes about it.
Not wasting much words because we all know, Nala is one of the green forest monogamous chads indeed.
4. Aja
As the king of Ayodhya and Dasharath's father, making him the grandfather of our beloved Rama. Aja was married to Indumati, the princess of Vidharbha.
Their relationship was also as strong as iron. As the myth describes his love and grief upon Indumati's death and his early death because of that.
Even though Indumati had died leaving behind a son as young as eight months old. Aja had remained loyal to Indumati and had never remarried.
He definitely is one of the pookiest most deserving of the title of monogamous chads in this list
5. Pratipa
Not known to many, Pratipa was the father of Shantanu and the king of Hastinapur before him. Pratipa was married to Sunanda who was from the Shibi and had continued to stay loyal to her.
He had no other wives and had even rejected to marry Ganga, whom he offered to be his daughter in law instead in the future.
So that is why we feel he deserves a place in the list of monogamous chads.
6. Virata
The well known king of Matsya was also mentioned to have only one wife, Sudeshna in the entire Mahabharata. Since their personal romance wasn't mentioned at all, we can assume them to be loving and loyal.
It is unfortunate he dies in the war but we can hope he had led a happy and loving life being the kind and generous chad he was (hmc definitely has a thing for daddy Virata mind you)
He ranks in our lists of chads just right.
7. Balaram
The man. The myth. The legend. Balaram himself was the chaddest of the most chads in his avatar as the older brother of Krishna. There's not even any need to mention his story or how chad he as. Throughout his life he has been monogamous to his wife Revati, with whom he had two sons Nishatha and Ulmuka.
There family is short and sweet very unlike to the other members of the Yadavas like his father Vasudev or brother Krishna. That is why him being a monogamous chad stands out to us as him being quite unique that his family and also a pookie at that.
He definitely deserves one of the highest ranks in the monogamous chads list.
8. Abhimanyu
Though his marital life was cut short because of his sudden unfortunate death in the Kurukshetra, we must not forget what a chad and pookie Abhimanyu has been throughout his quite short and kinda sad life.
He falls under the catagory of monogamous chads not just because it obviously was true or that ahem HMC have a little bias towards him ahem but rather also because of the misconceptions that surrounds his marriage. Many people know him to be married to Uttara, the daughter of King Virata — yet another of the monogamous chads as mentioned earlier — and Queen Sudeshna of Matsya.
But many people also happens to believe Abhimanyu was married to Sasirekha, Balaram's daughter. Only that is false since neither Mahabharata nor Harivamsha ever mentions any existence of Sasirekha, and she was only mentioned in a folklore, called Sasirekha Parinayam. Which makes it very clear how Abhimanyu was a monogamous chad in the original texts.
He's a chad and a pookie and that makes us love him more that enough, and consider him eligible to be put in this list along with other chads.
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Now time for some of the ‘not so chads but monogamous they were’ ones. Which makes us quite disappointed since their behaviour has been nothing sort of good, if not downright horrible and disgusting towards their one and only wives throughout their lives.
1. Yayati
Probably the most horrible monogamous husband to exist in Hindu mythology one could ever think of is the Yayati himself. Married to Devyani, the daughter of the revered Asurguru Shukracharya and his wife Jayanti, Indra's daughter. Yayati is infamous for his long term affair with Devyani's ex friend and maid Sharmistha. Who herself deserves a dedicated post at how horrible she was.
Yayati despite being monogamous in name, as he was not married to Sharmishtha in “that” sense, was anything far from being a good or chad husband to his wife. He had a long term affair with Sharmishtha which bore him three sons, Anu, Druhyu and Puru whom he later refused to acknowledge as his own when confronted by Devyani at last after she found our about them.
Not going into much details at how horrible of a husband and in general a person Yayati was. He is definitely greatly detested by us. For all the correct reasons.
**Vidambana to dekho! Here we have Pururavas the og pookie monogamous chad who gets villified in many versions, and then we have his great grandson Yayati the og horrible fucktard husband, who gets whitewashed in many tales for absolutely no reason**
2. Dushyant
The father of the great Bharata. The man Dushyant himself dalls next in line to Yayati in being one of worst monogamous husbands in all of Hindu mythology's history.
Unless and until we're again going into the area of Kalidasa's writings of Abhijanashakuntalam, where Dushyant is a very load tried to be cleaned of his disgusting behaviour (by adding the plot point of him being cursed by Rishi Durvasa).
He is one of the most ignorant and horrible person to be known. Not going into the story as we all know what tragedy had befallen poor Shakuntala after her “marriage” with Dushyant. We can safely say Dushyant was a horrible husband for his poor treatment of Shakuntala, which included not acknowledging either her or their borne son Bharata and calling her many things including a harlot, and going as far as to disrespecting her mother Menaka as well.
These all in our eyes makes Dushyant the least eligible person to be called a proper husband let alone a chad one at that.
3. Dhritarashtra
We all quite a bit, if not more, know about how horrible Dhritarashtra was. As a failed father and husband, it is kind of a wonder he had managed to stay monogamous –though not loyal – for his entire life. (Could also be because no one wanted to marry their daughters to his sorry self perhaps?)
Starting from disrespecting Gandhari's opinions to cheating on her with her maid during the tough times of her pregnancy for over a year. He wasn't married to the maid, which makes it clear how even if he was monogamous, in name and literal meaning. He wasn't at all a decent husband.
There are many instances of how horrible he was, all as a father, an uncle and as a husband. But even not getting too deep into that (as it is kind of unnecessary for the purpose of this post) it is clear Dhritarashtra was by no mean one of the chads. So we are counting him in the list of not so chads as he deserves.
4. Jamdagni
Though Jamadagni does not completely falls under the catagory of not-so-chads, we still thought we should add him in the list and explain a little. As to why we think some of him actions were slightly.... uncanny? Towards his wife Renuka.
As we know how the lore goes, so not getting much into those, it is not hard to say his reaction to Renuka not bringing water, and the actions he took against her (or rather compelled his sons to take against her) were not at all praise worthy. They could – if not exaggerating – be considered inhumane perhaps?
Though we, HMC does believes he wasn't the worst of husbands or even bad enough to be on this list. Since his later remorse and guilt was evidence enough about his love for Renuka, AND that his actions were more of a result of his rash decision and anger. We cannot distract our thoughts from the fact, that Renuka perhaps would be scared and disappointed at Jamadagni for the series of incidents. Probably a little traumatized too... So taking in mind of her situation, this perticular criticism is held against Jamadagni by us. To maybe hold him a little accountable for his not so good actions?
This is the only reason he is in the list of ‘not-so-chad but monogamous still’s, even though the it's not exactly the catagory we would like to put him in.
[Forgive us, for anyone that feels we shouldn't have put Jamadagni into such a catagory with it's other... Ermm... Horrendous members... Our intentions aren't bad you must understand, but if you feel hurt or offended by this then do forgive us]
