Pratardana

Mbh.1.92.5059	Pratardana who was amongst them asked, O thou of the handsomest form, I am Pratardana by name.
Mbh.1.92.5064	Pratardana said, These then I give unto thee.
Mbh.1.93.5131	O Ashtaka, all I have told thee, Pratardana, and Vasumat, is Truth itself.
Mbh.3.197.9963	And there came unto that sacrifice the three brothers also of that king, viz, Pratardana, Vasumanas, and Sivi, the son of Usinara.
Mbh.3.197.9979	And the Rishi answered, Pratardana'
Mbh.3.197.9981	And the Rishi answered, I lived for some days in the abode of Pratardana also.
Mbh.3.197.9984	And Pratardana replied, After returning, I will give thee one'
Mbh.5.117.5286	And unto king Divodasa, that sporting with and taking delight in her, Madhavi bore a son named Pratardana.
Mbh.5.121.5383	Beholding meanwhile four mighty kings, viz, Pratardana, Vasumanas, Sivi, the son of Usinara, and Ashtaka, assembled together in the woods of Naimisha, the king fell amongst them.
Mbh.5.122.5426	After this, Pratardana, that bull among Kshatriyas, said, Ever devoted to virtue as also to war, the fame that hath here been mine as a Kshatriya, in consequence of the appellation of hero by which I am known, be that merit thine.
Mbh.7.35.1837	Then Karna and Kripa, and Drona and Drona's son, and the ruler of the Gandharas, and Sala and Salya, and Bhurisravas and Kratha, and Somadatta, and Vivinsati, and Vrishasena, and Sushena, and Kundavedhin, and Pratardana, and Vrindaraka and Lalithya, and Pravahu, and Drighalochana, and angry Duryodhana, showered their arrows upon him.
Mbh.12.49.2628	The grandson of Viswamitra and son of Raivya, possessed of great ascetic merit, named Paravasu, O monarch, began to cast imputations on Rama in public, saying, O Rama, were not those righteous men, viz, Pratardana and others, who were assembled at a sacrifice at the time of Yayati's fall, Kshatriyas by birth?
Mbh.12.95.5361	King Pratardana, subjugating his foes in a great battle, took all their wealth, including their very grain and medicinal herbs, but left their land untouched.
Mbh.12.98.5478	SECTION XCIX Bhishma said, In this connection is cited the old story of the battle between Pratardana and the ruler of Mithila.
Mbh.12.165.9912	From Sivi it descended to Pratardana.
Mbh.12.165.9913	From Pratardana it was received by Ashtaka, and from Ashtaka by Prishadaswa.
Mbh.12.233.14480	Pratardana, the ruler of Kasi, having given away his very eyes to a Brahmana, obtained great fame both here and hereafter.
Mbh.13.137.11341	And Pratardana, the king of Kasi, by giving his son to a Brahmana, secured to himself unique and undying fame in this as well as in the other world.
Mbh.13.165.13710	Bhagiratha, Harischandra, Marutta, Dridharatha, the highly fortunate Alarka, Aila, Karandhama, that foremost of men, Kasmira, Daksha, Amvarisha, Kukura, Raivata of great fame, Kuru, Samvarana, Mandhatri of unbaffled prowess, the royal sage Muchukunda, Jahnu who was much favoured by Janhavi Ganga, the first in point of time of all kings, viz, Prithu the son of Vena, Mitrabhanu, Priyankara, Trasadasyu, Sweta that foremost of royal sages, the celebrated Mahabhisha, Nimi Ashtaka, Ayu, the royal sage Kshupa, Kaksheyu, Pratardana, Devodasa, Sudasa, Kosaleswara, Aila, Nala, the royal sage Manu, that lord of all creatures, Havidhara, Prishadhara, Pratipa, Santanu, Aja, the senior Varhi, Ikshwaku of great fame, Anaranya, Janujangha, the royal sage Kakshasena, and many others not named in history.

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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