Rantideva
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 28 Feb 2010 17:46 and updated at 28 Feb 2010 17:46
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
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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.1.55.2731 | Like the sacrifice of Yama, of Harimedha, or of king Rantideva, is the sacrifice of thine, O foremost one of Bharata's race, O son of Parikshit. |
Mbh.2.52.2194 | And king Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, having completed the Rajasuya sacrifice, obtained like the exalted Harishchandra such prosperity that neither Rantideva nor Nabhaga, nor Jauvanaswa, nor Manu, nor king Prithu the son of Vena, nor Bhagiratha, Yayati, nor Nahusha, had obtained its like. |
Mbh.3.82.4024 | Having arrived at Charmanwati, with regulated diet and senses subdued, one acquireth, at the command of Rantideva, the merit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice. |
Mbh.3.207.10715 | And in days of yore, O Brahmana, two thousand animals used to be killed every day in the kitchen of king Rantideva; and in the same manner two thousand cows were killed every day; and, O best of regenerate beings, king Rantideva acquired unrivalled reputation by distributing food with meat every day. |
Mbh.3.292.14277 | Narada said, In bestowal of gifts according to his power, the mighty son of Dyumatsena is like unto Sankriti's son Rantideva. |
Mbh.7.65.2812 | SECTION LXVII Narada said, Rantideva, the son of Srinjaya, we hear, fell a prey to death. |
Mbh.7.65.2828 | Whatever utensils and articles Rantideva possessed were of gold. |
Mbh.7.65.2829 | They that are acquainted with the history of ancient times seeing the superhuman affluence of Rantideva, sing this song, viz, We have not seen such accumulated treasures even in the abode of Kuvera; what need be said, therefore, of human beings' |
Mbh.7.65.2830 | And people wonderingly said, Without doubt, the kingdom of Rantideva is made of gold |
Mbh.7.65.2831 | On such nights, when guests were assembled in the abode of Rantideva, one and twenty thousand kine were sacrificed for feeding them. |
Mbh.7.65.2833 | Whatever gold was left belonging to Rantideva, he gave even that remnant away unto the Brahmanas during the progress of one of his sacrifices. |
Mbh.12.29.1510 | We hear, O Srinjaya, that Sankriti's son Rantideva also fell a prey to death. |
Mbh.12.29.1513 | The animals, both domestic and wild, slaughtered in his sacrifice, used to come to him, viz, the high-souled Rantideva of rigid vows and great fame, of their own accord. |
Mbh.12.29.1515 | King Rantideva used to make gifts unto the Brahmanas in an extensive enclosure. |
Mbh.12.233.14477 | Sankriti's son Rantideva, having given only lukewarm water to the high-souled Vasishtha, ascended to heaven and received high honours there. |
Mbh.12.292.18287 | The high-souled Rantideva obtained success in all the worlds by worshipping the ascetics with offerings of only roots and fruits leaves. |
Mbh.13.66.6318 | In days of yore, king Rantideva performed a grand sacrifice in which an immense number of kine were offered up and slaughtered. |
Mbh.13.66.6344 | King Rantideva in days of yore ascended to heaven by having made gifts of food. |
Mbh.13.112.10169 | King Rantideva, in days of old, proceeded to Heaven by making gifts of food. |
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.13.137.11342 | Rantideva, the son of Sankriti, attained to the highest heaven by duly making gifts to the high-souled Vasishtha. |
Mbh.13.150.12639 | He also who in the Krita age adored the gods in a grand Gomedha sacrifice, viz, Rantideva of great splendour, who was equal unto Mahadeva himself, should be named. |
Mbh.14.90.4204 | King Rantideva, when divested of all his wealth, gave a small quantity of water with a pure heart. |
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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