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Raja Ravi Varma depiction of Shakuntala's birth
The story of Shakuntala’s birth appears in the Adi Parva, within the Sambhava Parva, and unfolds as follows:
Shakuntala was born to the sage Vishwamitra and the celestial apsara Menaka. Soon after her birth, she was left in a forest near the hermitage of Rishi Kanva, who found her and lovingly raised her as his own daughter.
When Vishwamitra realized that he had been deceived by Menaka and the Devas, he was overcome with anger and deep remorse. He felt ashamed that years of penance and ascetic discipline had been undone. Distancing himself from both mother and child, he returned to his spiritual practices in an effort to regain his lost virtue.
u/FrugalWhorz — 21 days ago
Lord Shiva says how Arjuna used Gandiva in his previous birth
>O Lord, at the consecration of Sakra, you and Krishna took up that magnificent bow, which thunders like a rain cloud, and slew the Danavas. O Arjuna, this is that very same Gandiva bow, which is well-suited for your hands. O best among men, I had seized it by employing my illusory power. These two inexhaustible quivers are also yours once again, just as they were before, O son of Pritha.
- 41, Kairata parva, Mahabharata.
u/FrugalWhorz — 1 month ago