A few weeks later, Shakuntala became pregnant. When Sage Kanva returned to his hermitage, he heard a heavenly voice. The voice told him all that happened between Dushyant and Shakuntala and asked him to take care of Shakuntala and her child. Sage Kanva agreed to take care of her and blessed her with lovely clothes and jewelry. Immediately beautiful clothes and jewelry appeared in every branch of a tree. Shakuntala wore them and left for Dushyant's kingdom. On the way, she decided to take a dip in the river Ganga. At that time, she did not notice the ring which Dushyant gave fell into the river. Unaware of this she went to Hastinapur to meet King Dushyant. When she presented herself in front of him, he did not recognize her! She thought of showing the ring, but the ring was missing! Sage Durvasa's curse had worked! Dejected, she left the palace. Suddenly, there was a bright light and Shakuntala's mother, Menaka, appeared and carried her into the clouds. A few days later, a fisherman was surprised to find a royal ring in the belly of a fish. He took the ring to the king. As soon as he saw the ring, Dushyant remembered everything and asked him how he found the ring. The fisherman told him he found it inside the body of a fish. He gave a bag of gold to him as reward for great service. But Dushyant felt sad for sending away Shakunatala. A few years later, Lord Indra sent a messenger to Dushyant to help him fight the demons. After a victorious battle, he saw a child with Shakuntala. He was overjoyed at this sight! That child was none other than Bharata. (Ancestor of the Pandavas and Kauravas).
PS: This is the continuation of my previous post. You can read it from the following link:
https://arthatatvam.blogspot.com/2021/07/before-cinderella-there-was-shakuntala.html
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