Emperor Bharata’s mother and Dushyanta’s wife, Shakuntala, are related through blood. The Adi Parva, the first of the Mahabharata’s eighteen chapters, tells her narrative. Many authors have dramatised it, with Kalidasa’s play Abhijnanasakuntala (The Sign of Shakuntala) serving as the most well-known example.
Shakuntala and King Dushyanta first met as the king and his troops were passing through the jungle. He was following a male deer that his firearm had injured. Shakuntala and Dushyanta wed in accordance with the Gandharva marriage tradition after falling in love with one another. As a promise to his wife to bring her to his castle, which queen Shakuntala had spent a great deal of time dreaming of, Dushyanta handed Shakuntala his personal royal ring before departing for his realm. Shakuntala was preoccupied with her feelings for Dushyanta when a strong rishi named Durvasa visited the ashrama one day. The rishi was furious at this affront and cursed Shakuntala, predicting that the person she was dreaming about would completely forget about her. One of Shakuntala’s pals swiftly informed him of the cause of her friend’s diversion before he stormed out in a wrath. Realising that his extreme wrath was not warranted, the rishi modified his curse by promising that if the person who had forgotten Shakuntala could show him a special token she had been given, she would remember everything once more.
Books Info
| Books name | Shakuntala / ଶକୁନ୍ତଳା |
| Author | Ganesha |
| No Of pages | 22 |
| Publisher | Shreejukta Karunakara Kara |
| Publication | 1919 |
| Printed At | The Frasher Printing |
| Distributor | NA |