![]() When Angiras' son, Utathya's wife Mamata was pregnant, Utathya's younger brother Brihaspati moved by desire sought Mamata. The Skanda Purana gives another account of the adopted son of Bharata. Then Bhúmanyu was born out of a great sacrifice that Bharata performed with the help of the sage Bharadvaja. ![]() Seeing Bharata's dissatisfaction, his wives in wrath slew all of their sons. But these sons were not as their father and incapable of being his successor. According to the second story, Bharata had three wives, and nine sons from them. The first story says that Bharata married Sunanda, the daughter of Sarvasena, the King of the Kashi kingdom and begot upon her the son named Bhumanyu. The Adi Parva of Mahabharata tells two different stories about Bhúmanyu's birth. Children īharata had a son named Bhúmanyu. Surrounded only by wild animals, Sarvadamana grew to be a strong child and made a sport of opening the mouths of tigers and lions and counting their teeth. Shakuntala gave birth to her child who was named Sarvadamana by the sage Kanva. She was given a ring by the king, to be presented to him when she was ready to appear in his court. He then had to leave to take care of affairs in the capital. He was captivated by Shakuntala's beauty, courted her in royal style and married her. Abhijñānaśakuntalā Īccording to a dramatised version of the events by the poet Kalidasa, the king Dushyanta married Shakuntala on his hunting expeditions in forests. Bharata ruled for twenty-seven thousand years, and therefore, the kingdom that he inherited and expanded came to be known as Bhārata, named after him. According to another account, Bharadvaja blessed Bharata with a son named Bhumanyu. Bharata propitiated the devas for a son, and they gave him a boy, whom he named Vitatha, also called Bharadvaja. Bharata conquered the world, and acquired three wives, though the sons born of these wives were so cruel that they were slain. After a period of time, when Dushyanta was returning home after visiting Indra, he came across Shakuntala, recognised her, and took her and his son to his palace. Kashyapa, therefore, named him Sarvadamana (all-subduing). The boy grew brave and fearless, and was able to subdue even the wildest of beasts in the region. Greatly aggrieved, while Shakuntala was returning to the ashrama, her mother, Menaka, took her to the ashrama of Kashyapa. Owing to the curse, Dushyanta did not recognised her. When Kanva returned and learnt of these events, he sent Shakuntala to the palace of Dushyanta. Shakuntala did not hear this curse being placed upon her. Reputed for his anger, Durvasa took her ignorance of him as a sign of disrespect, and cursed her to be forgotten by the man she was contemplating at that very moment. ![]() When Dushyanta left Shakuntala, she grew pensive, and did not realise the arrival of Durvasa to the ashrama. The king presented her with his signet ring, and left for his palace. Since the sage Kanva was absent from the ashrama, they married according to the gandharva rites, and Shakuntala soon became pregnant. Dushyanta and Shakuntala fell in love with each other. Upon reaching the ashrama, the king saw Shakuntala watering the plants, accompanied by her friends, named Anasuya and Priyamvada. The fawn fled to the ashrama of Sage Kanva, and the king followed it. The Mahabharata states that King Dushyanta was once hunting in the forests, when he struck a fawn with his arrow. Bharata's exploits as a child prince are dramatised in Kalidasa's poetic play Abhijñānaśākuntalam. He was originally named Sarvadamana ("the subduer of all") the Mahābhārata traces the events in his life by which he came to be known as Bharata ("the cherished"). Literature Īccording to the Mahabharata ( Adi Parva), Bharata was the son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala and thus a descendant of the Lunar dynasty of the Kshatriya Varna. The story of his parents and his birth is related in Kalidasa's famous play, Abhijñānashākuntala.Īccording to popular tradition, Bhārata, the traditional name of the Indian subcontinent, is named after Bharata. The legend of Bharata is featured in the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata, where he is mentioned as the son of Dushyanta and Shakuntala. The Bhāratas, a prominent historical tribe mentioned in the Rigveda, are regarded in Hinduism to be the descendants of Bharata. He is regarded to be the ancestor of the Pandavas, the Kauravas, Brihadhrata, and Jarasandha. He is a member of the Chandravamsha dynasty, and becomes the Chakravarti (universal monarch). For other uses, see Bharat (disambiguation).īharata ( Sanskrit: भरत, romanized: Bharata) is a legendary king featured in Hindu literature. For character from Hindu Epic Ramayana, see Bharata (Ramayana). This article is about legendary king Bharata of Mahabharata.
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