Question

who was Dushyant?How is he related to Mahabharata?

Answer 1

It’s a long lineage spreading over several generations from Dushyanta to the main heroes that we are familiar with in the Mahabharata, viz., the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The entire lineage has been traced in the Adi Parva Book of the Mahabharata.


Dushyanta (or Dushmanta) was one of the later generation descendants of Emperor Puru, who was the founder of the Puru Vamsha (that was later changed to Kuru Vamsha in honor of another descendant).

Dushyanta married a fair maiden named Shakuntala (who was the daughter of Sage Vishwamitra and the celestial nymph Menaka) in secret and fathered a son with her named Bharata.


Their love story, their separation, Dushyanta’s memory loss due to a curse and his subsequent acceptance of his wife and child is one of the much celebrated sub-stories of the Mahabharata.

Bharata went on to become one of the most valorous monarchs of the land and present day Bharat is coined from the area he reigned over which was known as Bharatvarsha.

Emperor Shantanu was born several generations after Emperor Bharata. And his descendants are the heroes of the Mahabharata as we know it today.

Answer 2

He was king of Hastinapur and ancestor of the Kuru dynasty. Dushyant met his wife Shakuntala while on an excursion from his kingdom at the hermitage of sage Kanva. Dushyanta and Sakuntala had a son named Bharata who went on to become an emperor.

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