Devapi
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 21 Feb 2010 15:35 and updated at 21 Feb 2010 15:35
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
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| Mbh.1.94.5213 | And, O bull in Bharata's race, Pratipa begat three sons, viz, Devapi, Santanu, and the mighty car-warrior Valhika. |
| Mbh.1.94.5214 | The eldest Devapi adopted the ascetic course of life, impelled thereto by the desire of benefiting his brothers. |
| Mbh.1.95.5283 | And Pratipa married Sunanda, the daughter of Sivi, and begat upon her three sons, viz, Devapi, Santanu and Valhika. |
| Mbh.1.95.5284 | And Devapi, while still a boy, entered the woods as a hermit. |
| Mbh.5.149.6696 | Of them, Devapi was the eldest, Vahlika the next and Santanu of great intelligence, who, O sire, was my grandfather, was the youngest. |
| Mbh.5.149.6697 | Devapi, endued with great energy, was virtuous, truthful in speech, and ever engaged in waiting upon his father. |
| Mbh.5.149.6699 | Popular with both the citizens and the subjects of the provinces, respected by the good, and dearly loved by the young and the old, Devapi was liberal firmly adhering to truth, engaged in the good of all creatures, and obedient to the instructions of his father as also of the Brahmanas. |
| Mbh.5.149.6702 | In course of time, the old and best of kings, Pratipa, caused all preparations to be made according to the scriptures for the installation of Devapi on the throne. |
| Mbh.5.149.6704 | The installation of Devapi, however, was forbidden by the Brahmanas and all aged persons amongst the citizens and the inhabitants of the provinces. |
| Mbh.5.149.6706 | Thus, though Devapi was liberal, virtuous, devoted to truth, and loved by the subjects, yet in consequence of his skin-disease, he was excluded from his inheritance. |
| Mbh.5.149.6709 | Devapi then, who was defective of one limb, beholding the king his father prevented from installing him on the throne and filled with sorrow on his account, retired into the woods. |
| Mbh.8.56.3190 | Filled with rage, the son of Radha then slew Jishnu, and Jishnukarman, and Devapi, O king, in that battle, and Citra, and Citrayudha, and Hari, and Singhaketu and Rochamana and the great car-warrior Salabha, and many car-warriors among the Cedis bathed the form of Adhiratha's son in blood, while he himself was engaged in taking the lives of those heroes. |
| Mbh.9.37.2786 | Possessed of great might and great prowess Baladeva then proceeded to that tirtha where the adorable Grandsire had created the mountains called Lokaloka, where that foremost of Rishis, Arshtishena of rigid vows, O thou of Kuru's race, had by austere penances acquired the status of Brahmanhood, where the royal sage Sindhudwipa, and the great ascetic Devapi, and the adorable and illustrious Muni Vishvamitra of austere penances and fierce energy, had all acquired a similar status |
| Mbh.9.38.2789 | How also did Devapi, O Brahmana, and how Vishvamitra, O best of men, acquire the same status? |
| Mbh.9.38.2805 | In that very tirtha in the Krita age, Sindhudwipa of great energy, and Devapi also, O monarch, had acquired the high status of Brahmanhood. |
| Mbh.11.23.927 | Behold that hero, O Krishna, who in knowledge of duty was equal to Devapi himself, now lying on a bed of arrows, so worthy of heroes. |
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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