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Bharata is mentioned many (2261) times in Mahabharata. Bharata could mean, the history of the Bharata dynasty kings or any of the member of the Bharata dynasty or the founder king (Emperor) Bharata or the brother of Dasarathi Rama, viz Bharata. It will be interesting to see how close Bharata is related to other nouns. It also serve as a summary report on references of Bharata in Mahabharata. For this, see the bond data of Bharata below:-

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Mbh.1.1.17	We are desirous of hearing that history also called Bharata, the holy composition of the wonderful Vyasa, which dispelleth the fear of evil, just as it was cheerfully recited by the Rishi Vaisampayana, under the direction of Dwaipayana himself, at the snake-sacrifice of Raja Janamejaya'
Mbh.1.1.39	From these are descended the family of the Kurus, of the Yadus, and of Bharata; the family of Yayati and of Ikshwaku; also of all the Rajarshis.
Mbh.1.1.44	Some read the Bharata beginning with the initial mantra invocation, others with the story of Astika, others with Uparichara, while some Brahmanas study the whole.
Mbh.1.1.64	be thou the writer of the Bharata which I have formed in my imagination, and which I am about to repeat
Mbh.1.1.73	As the sun dispelleth the darkness, so doth the Bharata by its discourses on religion, profit, pleasure and final release, dispel the ignorance of men.
Mbh.1.1.77	The tree of the Bharata, inexhaustible to mankind as the clouds, shall be as a source of livelihood to all distinguished poets
Mbh.1.1.80	It was not till after these were born, grown up, and departed on the supreme journey, that the great Rishi Vyasa published the Bharata in this region of mankind; when being solicited by Janamejaya and thousands of Brahmanas, he instructed his disciple Vaisampayana, who was seated near him; and he, sitting together with the Sadasyas, recited the Bharata, during the intervals of the ceremonies of the sacrifice, being repeatedly urged to proceed.
Mbh.1.1.83	Vyasa executed the compilation of the Bharata, exclusive of the episodes originally in twenty-four thousand verses; and so much only is called by the learned as the Bharata.
Mbh.1.1.206	Suhotra; Rantideva, and Kakshivanta, great in glory; Valhika, Damana, Saryati, Ajita, and Nala; Viswamitra the destroyer of foes; Amvarisha, great in strength; Marutta, Manu, Ikshaku, Gaya, and Bharata; Rama the son of Dasaratha; Sasavindu, and Bhagiratha; Kritavirya, the greatly fortunate, and Janamejaya too; and Yayati of good deeds who performed sacrifices, being assisted therein by the celestials themselves, and by whose sacrificial altars and stakes this earth with her habited and uninhabited regions hath been marked all over.
Mbh.1.1.214	Thou art versed in the Sastras, O Bharata, and art intelligent and wise; they never sink under misfortunes whose understandings are guided by the Sastras.
Mbh.1.1.228	The study of the Bharata is an act of piety.
Mbh.1.1.236	The believer that constantly heareth recited this section of the Bharata, called the Introduction, from the beginning, falleth not into difficulties.
Mbh.1.1.238	This section, the body of the Bharata, is truth and nectar.
Mbh.1.1.239	As butter is in curd, Brahmana among bipeds, the Aranyaka among the Vedas, and nectar among medicines; as the sea is eminent among receptacles of water, and the cow among quadrupeds; as are these among the things mentioned so is the Bharata said to be among histories.
Mbh.1.1.244	He that readeth this holy chapter of the moon, readeth the whole of the Bharata, I ween.
Mbh.1.1.246	In former days, having placed the four Vedas on one side and the Bharata on the other, these were weighed in the balance by the celestials assembled for that purpose.
Mbh.1.1.247	And as the latter weighed heavier than the four Vedas with their mysteries, from that period it hath been called in the world Mahabharata the great Bharata.
Mbh.1.2.284	O Saunaka, this best of narrations called Bharata which has begun to be repeated at thy sacrifice, was formerly repeated at the sacrifice of Janamejaya by an intelligent disciple of Vyasa.
Mbh.1.2.291	As masters of good lineage are ever attended upon by servants desirous of preferment so is the Bharata cherished by all poets.
Mbh.1.2.293	Listen, O ye ascetics, to the outlines of the several divisions parvas of this history called Bharata, endued with great wisdom, of sections and feet that are wonderful and various, of subtile meanings and logical connections, and embellished with the substance of the Vedas.
Mbh.1.2.365	The Astika describes the birth of Garuda and of the Nagas snakes, the churning of the ocean, the incidents relating to the birth of the celestial steed Uchchaihsrava, and finally, the dynasty of Bharata, as described in the Snake-sacrifice of king Janamejaya.
Mbh.1.2.366	The Sambhava parva narrates the birth of various kings and heroes, and that of the sage, Krishna Dwaipayana: the partial incarnations of deities, the generation of Danavas and Yakshas of great prowess, and serpents, Gandharvas, birds, and of all creatures; and lastly, of the life and adventures of king Bharata, the progenitor of the line that goes by his name, the son born of Sakuntala in the hermitage of the ascetic Kanwa.
Mbh.1.2.428	These all have been described in the fifth Parva called Udyoga of the Bharata, abounding with incidents appertaining to war and peace.
Mbh.1.2.439	This extensive Parva is known as the sixth in the Bharata.
Mbh.1.2.447	This is the great seventh Parva of the Bharata in which all the heroic chiefs and princes mentioned were sent to their account.
Mbh.1.2.456	Readers of the Bharata call this the eighth Parva.
Mbh.1.2.572	He who knows the four Vedas with all the Angas and Upanishads, but does not know this history Bharata, cannot be regarded as wise.
Mbh.1.2.579	All poets cherish the Bharata even as servants desirous of preferment always attend upon masters of good lineage.
Mbh.1.2.584	The Bharata uttered by the lips of Dwaipayana is without a parallel; it is virtue itself and sacred.
Mbh.1.2.587	A Brahmana, whatever sins he may commit during the day through his senses, is freed from them all by reading the Bharata in the evening.
Mbh.1.2.588	Whatever sins he may commit also in the night by deeds, words, or mind, he is freed from them all by reading Bharata in the first twilight morning.
Mbh.1.2.589	He that giveth a hundred kine with horns mounted with gold to a Brahmana well-posted up in the Vedas and all branches of learning, and he that daily listeneth to the sacred narrations of the Bharata, acquireth equal merit.
Mbh.1.5.980	SECTION V Pauloma Parva continued Saunaka said, Child, thy father formerly read the whole of the Puranas, O son of Lomaharshana, and the Bharata with Krishna-Dwaipayana.
Mbh.1.49.2539	O excellent one of the Bharata race, the king, thy father taking up from the ground with the end of his bow a dead snake placed it on the shoulders of that Muni of pure soul.
Mbh.1.51.2621	And that lord of the Earth, that tiger of the Bharata race, the son of Parikshit, then called his priest and Ritwiks.
Mbh.1.58.2838	The king Janamejaya of the Bharata race was himself pleased, and on the Ritwiks with the Sadasyas, and on all who had come there, the king, bestowed money by hundreds and thousands.
Mbh.1.59.2869	But Vyasa recited the wonderful and great history called the Bharata'
Mbh.1.61.2902	And having got it within thy reach, O monarch, thou also art a fit person to hear the composition called Bharata.
Mbh.1.61.2905	I shall relate all to thee who askest it thou best of the Bharata race!
Mbh.1.62.2980	This Bharata consists of a hundred thousand sacred slokas composed by the son of Satyavati, of immeasurable mental power.
Mbh.1.62.2982	This Bharata is equal unto the Vedas, is holy and excellent; is the worthiest of all to be listened to, and is a Purana worshipped by the Rishis.
Mbh.1.62.2997	They who hear, without the spirit of fault finding, the story of the birth of the Bharata princes, can have no fear of maladies, let alone the fear of the other world.
Mbh.1.62.3002	That Brahmana who regularly studies this sacred Bharata for the four months of the rainy season, is cleansed from all his sins.
Mbh.1.62.3003	He that has read the Bharata may be regarded as one acquainted with the Vedas.
Mbh.1.62.3005	This Bharata is a collection of all the Srutis, and is fit to be heard by every virtuous person.
Mbh.1.62.3009	The history of the exalted birth of the Bharata princes is called the Mahabharata.
Mbh.1.62.3011	And as this history of the Bharata race is so wonderful, that, when recited, it assuredly purifieth mortals from all sins.
Mbh.1.62.3020	The Bharata is said to be as much a mine of gems as the vast Ocean or the great mountain Meru.
Mbh.1.62.3022	O monarch, he that giveth a copy of the Bharata to one that asketh for it doth indeed make a present of the whole earth with her belt of seas.
Mbh.1.62.3025	O bull amongst the Bharata monarchs, whatever is spoken about virtue, wealth, pleasure, and salvation may be seen elsewhere; but whatever is not contained in this is not to be found anywhere
Mbh.1.63.3146	And the compilation of the Bharata was published by him through them separately.
Mbh.1.64.3202	And, O bull of the Bharata race, in the same way, other creatures also, even those born in the race of birds went in unto their wives during the season alone.
Mbh.1.64.3209	And thus, O bull of the Bharata race, the earth, to the very coasts of the ocean, became filled with men that were all long-lived.
Mbh.1.64.3221	And, O bull of the Bharata race, both kine and women gave birth to their offspring at the proper time.
Mbh.1.64.3224	And, O bull of the Bharata race, when such was the blessed state of the terrestrial world, the Asuras, O lord of men, began to be born in kingly lines.
Mbh.1.64.3238	And the Earth, desirous of protection, then represented everything to him, in the presence, O Bharata, of all the Regents of the worlds.
Mbh.1.64.3240	And, O Bharata, Creator as he is of the universe, why should he not know fully what is in the minds of his creatures including the very gods and the Asuras?
Mbh.1.65.3255	And, O bull in the Bharata race, the Danavas, Rakshasas and Gandharvas and Snakes, could not slay the incarnate celestials even in their infancy, so strong they were'
Mbh.16.8.411	The time has come, O Bharata, for you all to attain to the highest goal.
Mbh.17.3.163	Thou hast compassion for all creatures, O Bharata, of which this is a bright example.
Mbh.17.3.169	Hence, O Bharata, regions of inexhaustible felicity are thine.
Mbh.18.2.82	Resolved to return, O Bharata, he retraced his steps.
Mbh.18.2.89	Do thou remain here, O Bharata, for even a short while.
Mbh.18.3.130	Then a breeze, delicious and fraught with pleasant perfumes, perfectly pure and delightfully cool, O Bharata, began to blow on that spot in consequence of the presence of the gods.
Mbh.18.3.164	There where the royal sage Mandhatri is, there where king Bhagiratha is, there where Dushmantas son Bharata is, there wilt thou sport in bliss.
Mbh.18.5.267	I have now told thee, O thou of great splendour, everything about the acts, O Bharata, of both the Kurus and the Pandavas.
Mbh.18.5.286	Hence it is called Bharata.
Mbh.18.5.297	The puissant Island-born Krishna, who will not have to come back, and who is Emancipation incarnate, made an abstract of the Bharata, moved by the desire of aiding the cause of righteousness.
Mbh.18.5.321	That man who, waking up at dawn, reads this Savittri of the Bharata, acquires all the rewards attached to a recitation of this history and ultimately attains to the highest Brahma.
Mbh.18.5.322	As the sacred Ocean, as the Himavat mountain, are both regarded as mines of precious gems, even so is this Bharata regarded as a mine of precious gems.
Mbh.18.5.324	There is no doubt in this that he who, with rapt attention, recites this history called Bharata, attains to high success.
Mbh.18.5.325	What need has that man of a sprinkling of the waters of Pushkara who attentively listens to this Bharata, while it is recited to him?
Mbh.18.6.328	SECTION Janamejaya said, O holy one, according to what rites should the learned listen to the Bharata?
Mbh.18.6.334	Vaishampayana said, Hear, O king, what the procedure is, and what the fruits, O Bharata, are that will spring from ones listening to a recitation of the Bharata.
Mbh.18.6.340	In this treatise, called Bharata, O foremost one of Bharatas race, are to be seen in one place the eternal Rudras, the Saddhyas, and the Viswedevas; the Adityas, the two deities named the Ashvinis, the regents of the World, the great Rishis, the Guhyakas, the Gandharvas, the Nagas, the Vidyadharas, the Siddhas, the diverse deities, the Self-born visible in a body, with many ascetics; the Hills and Mountains, Oceans and Seas and Rivers, the diverse tribes of Apsaras; the Planets, the Years, the Half-years, and the Seasons; and the whole universe of mobile and immobile entities, with all the gods and Asuras.
Mbh.18.6.342	Having, with a concentrated soul and cleansed body, heard this history duly, from the beginning, and having reached its end, one should make Sraddha offerings, O Bharata, unto those foremost of persons who have been mentioned in it.
Mbh.18.6.347	One desirous of hearing the Bharata, should hear it without a doubting heart, with cheerfulness and joy; and as, he proceeds listening to its recitation, he should according to the extent of his power, make gifts with great devotion.
Mbh.18.6.348	Hear how a person that is devoted to truth and sincerity, that is self-restrained, pure in mind, and observant of those acts which lead to purity of body, that is endued with faith, and that has subjugated wrath, attains to success in the matter of a recitation of the Bharata.
Mbh.18.6.352	Listening to the Bharata, O king, when recited, O thou of Bharatas race, by a reader of this kind, the listener, observant of vows all the while and cleansed by purificatory rites, acquires valuable fruits.
Mbh.18.6.372	At the ninth Parana, he acquires, O Bharata, the fruits of that foremost of sacrifices, viz, the Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.18.6.389	After this I shall declare what should be given away, as each parva is reached of the Bharata in course of its recitation, unto brahmanas, after ascertaining their birth, country, truthfulness, and greatness, O chief of Bharatas race, as also their inclination for piety, and unto kshatriyas too, O king, after ascertainment of similar particulars.
Mbh.18.6.424	Even such a man should, O chief of the Bharatas, recite the Bharata.
Mbh.18.6.432	In listening to a recitation of the Bharata and at each Parana, O best of kings, one that desires to attain to the highest good should listen with the greatest care and attention.
Mbh.18.6.433	One should listen to the Bharata every day.
Mbh.18.6.434	One should proclaim the merits of the Bharata every day.
Mbh.18.6.435	One in whose house the Bharata occurs, has in his hands all those scriptures which are known by the name of Jaya.
Mbh.18.6.436	The Bharata is cleansing and sacred.
Mbh.18.6.437	In the Bharata are diverse topics.
Mbh.18.6.438	The Bharata is worshipped by the very gods.
Mbh.18.6.439	The Bharata is the highest goal.
Mbh.18.6.440	The Bharata, O chief of the Bharatas, is the foremost of all scriptures.
Mbh.18.6.441	One attains to Emancipation through the Bharata.
Mbh.18.6.444	In the Vedas, in the Ramayana, and in the sacred Bharata, O chief of Bharatas race, Hari is sung in the beginning, the middle, and at the end.
Mbh.18.6.449	Sins committed by means of the body, by means of words, and by means of the mind, are all destroyed through listening to the Bharata as Darkness at sunrise.
Mbh.18.6.454	One desirous of attaining to the fruits that attach to a recitation of the Bharata should, according to ones power, give unto the reciter Dakshina, as also an honorarium in gold.
Mbh.18.6.460	The man that listens to the Bharata or that recites it to other people, becomes cleansed of all his sins and attains at last to the status of Vishnu.
Mbh.18.6.462	After concluding a recitation of the Bharata, one should, O king, perform a Homa with all its ten parts.
Mbh.18.6.464	He that listens with devotion to this Bharata from the beginning becomes cleansed of every sin even if he be guilty of Brahmanicide or the violation of his preceptors bed, or even if he be a drinker of alcohol or a robber of other peoples wares, or even if he be born in the Chandala order.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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