Dushmanta - AncientVoice

Mbh.1.68.3597	Vaisampayana said, O exalted one of Bharata's race, the founder of the Paurava line was Dushmanta gifted with great energy.
Mbh.1.69.3616	And, O holy one, I also desire to hear all about Dushmanta, that lion among men, and how the hero obtained Sakuntala.
Mbh.1.69.3618	Vaisampayana said, Once on a time king Dushmanta of mighty arms, accompanied by a large force, went into the forest.
Mbh.1.69.3637	And king Dushmanta, that tiger among men, assisted by his followers and the warriors in his train, agitated that forest, killing numerous animals.
Mbh.1.69.3638	And Dushmanta, piercing them with his arrows, felled numerous tigers that were within shooting range.
Mbh.1.71.3724	And the black-eyed fair one, as she saw king Dushmanta, bade him welcome and received him duly.
Mbh.1.71.3742	And thus addressed by the monarch, the maiden smilingly replied in these sweet words, O Dushmanta, I am the daughter of the virtuous, wise, high-souled, and illustrious ascetic Kanwa'
Mbh.1.71.3743	Dushmanta, hearing this, replied, The universally-worshipped and highly-blessed Rishi is one whose seed hath been drawn up.
Mbh.1.73.3817	SECTION LXXIII Sambhava Parva continued Vaisampayana continued, King Dushmanta, hearing all this, said, Well-spoken, O princess, this that thou hast said!
Mbh.1.73.3826	Dushmanta replied, O beautiful and faultless one, I desire that thou shouldst be my life's companion.
Mbh.1.73.3847	O Dushmanta, if thou grant this, then let our union take place'
Mbh.1.73.3864	That best of men, Dushmanta, is also high-souled and virtuous.
Mbh.1.73.3870	And taking down the load he had with him and placing the fruits in proper order, she told him, It behoveth thee to give thy grace to that Dushmanta whom I have accepted for my husband, as well as his ministers'
Mbh.1.73.3873	Vaisampayana continued, Sakuntala, thereupon, moved by desire of benefiting Dushmanta, asked the boon that the Paurava monarchs might ever be virtuous and never deprived of their thrones
Mbh.1.74.3874	SECTION LXXIV Sambhava Parva continued Vaisampayana said, After Dushmanta had left the asylum having made those promises unto Sakuntala, the latter of tapering thighs brought forth a boy of immeasurable energy.
Mbh.1.74.3891	And then she of fair eye-brows, taking with her that boy of celestial beauty, endued with eyes like lotus petals, left the woods where she had been first known by Dushmanta.
Mbh.1.74.3931	But if thou refuse to do what I supplicate thee for, O Dushmanta, thy head this moment shall burst into a hundred pieces!
Mbh.1.74.3999	Hearing all this, Dushmanta said, O Sakuntala, I do not know having begot upon thee this son.
Mbh.1.74.4024	My birth, therefore, O Dushmanta, is far higher than thine.
Mbh.1.74.4066	But thou, O Dushmanta, that when thou art gone, this son of mine shall rule the whole Earth surrounded by the four seas and adorned with the king of the mountains
Mbh.1.74.4068	But as soon as she had left, a voice from the skies, emanating from no visible shape, thus spoke unto Dushmanta as he was sitting surrounded by his occasional and household priests, his preceptors, and ministers.
Mbh.1.74.4070	Therefore, O Dushmanta, cherish thy son, and insult not Sakuntala.
Mbh.1.74.4075	Therefore, O Dushmanta, cherish, O monarch, thy son born of Sakuntala.
Mbh.1.74.4087	And Dushmanta also received mat wife of his with affection.
Mbh.1.74.4093	And the royal sage Dushmanta, having spoken thus unto his dear wife, O Bharata, received her with offerings of perfume, food, and drink.
Mbh.1.74.4094	And king Dushmanta, then, bestowed the name of Bharata upon his child, and formally installed him as the heir apparent.
Mbh.1.74.4096	And the son of Dushmanta reduced to subjection all kings of the Earth.
Mbh.1.94.5159	And Ilina begat upon his wife Rathantara five sons with Dushmanta at their head, all equal in might unto the five elements.
Mbh.1.94.5160	They were Dushmanta, Sura, Bhima, Pravasu, and Vasu.
Mbh.1.94.5161	And, O Janamejaya, the eldest of them, Dushmanta, became king.
Mbh.1.94.5162	And Dushmanta had by his wife Sakuntala an intelligent son named Bharata who became king.
Mbh.1.94.5178	And he begat six sons, Riksha was born of the womb of Dhumini, Dushmanta and Parameshthin, of Nili, and Jahnu, Jala and Rupina were born in that of Kesini.
Mbh.1.94.5179	All the tribes of the Panchalas are descended from Dushmanta and Parameshthin.
Mbh.1.95.5256	Ilina begat on his wife Rathantari five sons, of whom Dushmanta was the eldest.
Mbh.1.95.5257	And Dushmanta took to wife Sakuntala, the daughter of Viswamitra.
Mbh.1.95.5262	Therefore, O Dushmanta, support thy son and insult not Sakuntala.
Mbh.1.95.5296	Then Satyavati began to think as to how the dynasty of Dushmanta might be perpetuated.
Mbh.2.8.348	And Yayati, Nahusha, Puru, Mandhatri, Somaka, Nriga; the royal sage Trasadasyu, Kritavirya, Sautasravas; Arishtanemi, Siddha, Kritavega, Kriti, Nimi, Pratarddana, Sivi, Matsya, Prithulaksha, Vrihadratha, Vartta, Marutta, Kusika, Sankasya, Sankriti, Dhruva, Chaturaswa, Sadaswormi and king Kartavirya; Bharata and Suratha, Sunitha, Nisatha, Nala, Divodasa, and Sumanas, Amvarisha, Bhagiratha; Vyaswa, Vadhraswa, Prithuvega, Prithusravas, Prishadaswa, Vasumanas, Kshupa, and Sumahavala, Vrishadgu, and Vrishasena, Purukutsa, Dhwajin and Rathin; Arshtisena, Dwilipa, and the high-souled Ushinara; Ausinari, Pundarika, Saryati, Sarava, and Suchi; Anga, Rishta, Vena, Dushmanta, Srinjaya and Jaya; Bhangasuri, Sunitha, and Nishada, and Bahinara; Karandhama, Valhika, Sudymna, and the mighty Madhu; Aila and the mighty king of earth Maruta; Kapota, Trinaka, and Shadeva, and Arjuna also.
Mbh.12.29.1412	We hear, O Srinjaya, that the high-souled Bharata also, the son of Dushmanta and Sakuntala, who had a vast and well-filled treasury, fell a prey to death.
Mbh.13.115.10352	These other kings also, viz, Syenachitra, O monarch, and Somaka and Vrika and Raivata and Rantideva and Vasu and Srinjaya, and Dushmanta and Karushma and Rama and Alarka and Nala, and Virupaswa and Nimi and Janaka of great intelligence, and Aila and Prithu and Virasena, and Ikshvaku, and Sambhu, and Sweta, and Sagara, and Aja and Dhundhu and Suvahu, and Haryaswa and Kshupa and Bharata, O monarch, did not eat flesh for the month of Karttika and as the consequence thereof attained to heaven, and endued with prosperity, blazed forth with effulgence in the region of Brahman, adored by Gandharvas and surrounded by thousand damsels of great beauty.
Mbh.13.165.13709	They are Nriga, Yayati, Nahusha, Yadu, Puru of great energy, Sagara, Dhundhumara, Dilipa of great prowess, Krisaswa, Yauvanaswa, Chitraswa, Satyavat, Dushmanta, Bharata who became an illustrious Emperor over many kings, Yavana, Janaka, Dhrishtaratha, Raghu, that foremost of kings, Dasaratha, the heroic Rama, that slayer of Rakshasas, Sasavindu.

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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