Sperm Donation Tourism Concept in Mahabharata Epic -1

History of Medical Tourism, Health and Wellness Tourism in   Mahabharata Epic -9

History of Medical Tourism, Health and Wellness Tourism in India, South Asia -17

 By: Bhishma Kukreti (Medical Tourism Historian)

       Conceiving through some outsider’s sperm was quite old system for keeping family tree alive in case, the husband was unable for conceiving or the woman was widow.  Today, sperm storage is easy but was not easy in past. Therefore, man had to have physical mating with the woman.

 There are a couple of instances of sperm donation or offering uterus for carrying child in Mahabharata.  The stories might be unreal but it is a fact that the concept of sperm donation tourism was there in that initial period of Mahabharata epic creation or Gupta Empire Period.

  Sperm donation created tourism in Mahabharata epic too.

  There is a story in Sambhav Parva (Adiparva, 103- 104 -105 Chapters ) in Mhabharata epic.  Satyavati was queen anf wife of Kuru Emperor Shantuna . Shantanu and Satyavati had two sons and Bhishma (De Vrata) was step son of Satyavati . The first son of queen Satyavati died early. Second Son Vichitra Virya had two wives and he died without childless.  Then, there was problem of family tree of Kuru Vansh for future.

     Satyavati asked her step son Bhishma for marrying that Kuru Vansh forwarded. Bhishma reminded his step mother about his vows of non-marrying and no sex with any woman. Bhishma advised Satyavati for conceiving wives of Vichitravirya by Niyog by calling a Brahmin –

पुनार्भरतवंशस्य हेतुं संतानवृधये

यक्षामि नियतं मातस्त्म्भे निगदत शृणु. –१

ब्राह्मणों गुणवान कश्चिद धनेनोनिम्न्तर्यताम

विचित्रवीर्य क्षेत्रेषु य: समुत्पादयेत प्रज्ञाः – २

(Sambhav Parva of Adiparva , 104 Chapter)  1, 2 )

 Mother! For continuing and protection of  the Kuru family tree, I am speaking the fixed rule . Call a healthy and  suitable Brahmin by offering him money and produce children from wives of Vichitravirya.

 This is another way of medical tourism by calling sperm donors by offering him money and conceiving the women. In Manuspmriti, (9, 51)  there is detailing of Niyog (Sperm donation system) that the donor would paste Ghee on his body and should have sex with the woman. After producing children, the man was as good as father for the said woman.

 Satyavati called her first son Krishna Vyas produced  by Sage Parashar . That was also another case of sperm donation type too ( Sambhav Prava 9-15)

  Vyas Came and had sex with Amba and Ambalika and a maid servant by Niordh system. In Nirodh, the sperm donor had to be without emotion and had to have sex not for pleasure but for producing child. ( Sambhav Parva 27-53, Sambhav parva chapter 104 , 105)

    The discussion between Bhishma and Satyavati reveals that , usually, sperm donor would be strong and having qualities. Sperm donor was paid the money. After sx, there was no right on children by sperm donor. In this case, the donor had to travel to the women and not women travelling to the donor.

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