High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vichitravirya in the Hindu epic Mahabharata is the younger son of queen Satyavat and king a tanu. His elder brother, Chitr ngada, had initially succeeded their father to the throne of Hastinapura, but when he died childless, Vichitravirya succeeded him. Vichitravirya was still a child when he was crowned king, thus Bhishma ruled as his regent. When the young king became at proper age to marry, Bhishma searched for him for a suitable bride. And he heard the king of Kasi was holding a swayamvara for his three daughters. Since Vichitravirya himself was yet too young to stand any chance of being chosen by the young women, Bhishma himself went to the swayamvara. Bhishma won the swayamvara and brought the Princesses Amba, Ambika and Ambalika to marry Vichitravirya. But Amba had already given her heart to Salva, therefore Ambika and Ambalika were married to Vichitravirya.