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From the epics · 3 tellings · contested

The Vasu Dyu steals Vasishtha's cow and is born as Bhishma

Dyu, one of the eight Vasus, steals the cow Nandini for his wife; Vasishtha curses the Vasus to human birth and Dyu to a full life on earth as Bhishma.

Dyaus, Vasishtha, Nandini, Vasus

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