ABANDONED 1 – Glimpse from MAHABHARATA

…GREAT SAGE DURVASA, WHO COULD FORSEE  FUTURE,   WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS SHORT TEMPER,  ONCE WAS TRAVELING THROUGH THE KINGDOM OF KUNTI, RULED BY KING KUNTIBHOJA.  KING INVITED THE SAGE TO BE HIS GUEST AT PALACE. SAGE DURVASA ACCEPTED THE INVITATION.

KUNTIBHOJA INSTRUCTED HIS YOUNG INTELLIGENT DAUGHTER KUNTI TO TAKE FULL CARE OF THE SAGE AND ENSURE THAT HE IS NOT OFFENDED FOR ANY REASON. 

WHEN THE SAGE WAS SETTING OUT FOR HIS JOURNEY, GRATIFIED WITH DEVOTED SERVICE OF KUNTI, DURVASA   BESTOWED KUNTI WITH DIVINE MANTRA , THROUGH WHICH SHE CAN CALL ANY GOD TO BEAR THEIR CHILD. 

AFTER SAGE DURVASA LEFT ,  OUT OF CUROSITY  KUNTI  RECITED  THE DIVINE MANTRA CALLING UPON SUN GOD. 

IN A  TERRIFING SURPRISE TO KUNTI …. SUN GOD IN HIS FULL GRANDEUR ARRIVED TO  HER,  INSPITE OF HER GREAT RELUCTANCY , SUN GOD BOUND BY THE MANTRA, BESTOWED KUNTI WITH A SON WITH SIMILAR TRAITS AND POWERS  AS HIMSELF.  

 IN DUE COURSE  KUNTI SECRETELY GAVE BIRTH TO A SON, WHOM SHE ABONDONED BY PUTTING  IN A FLOWER BASKET AND LEAVING IT IN A DRIFTING RIVER, HOPING THAT THE SON’S FATHER  “SUN” WILL TAKE CARE OF HIM.

THE BASKET KEPT DRIFTING IN THE RIVER FOR SOMETIME, WHEN IT WAS SPOTTED BY A  ROYAL CHARIOT DRIVER NAMED ADIRATH, WHO HAPPENED TO BE CHILDLESS  COUPLE …..