महाभिषोपाख्यान (mahAbhiSopAkhyAna)
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Mahabharata
English[Mahābhishopākhyāna(ṃ)]
(“episode relating to king Mahābhisha”). § 161 (Sambhavap.): The rājarshi Mahābhisha, of the race of Ikshvāku, had gratified Indra by 1, 000 horse sacrifices and 100 rājasūyas and attained to Svarga. One day, when the gods and rājarshis were worshipping Brahmán, the Wind loosened the garments of Gaṅgā. The gods bent down their heads, but Mahābhisha rudely stared at her, and for this Brahmán cursed him, saying that he should be reborn on earth, [as should also Gaṅgā, but when his wrath should be provoked by her he should again attain to heaven]
(the words in brackets are only to be found in B.). He then wished to be born as a son of Pratīpa. The Vasus had been cursed by the ṛshi Vasishṭha, whom they had crossed when he was engaged in his twilight adorations, that they should be born among men. They chose to be born of Gaṅgā as sons to Śāntanu, who should be borne to Pratīpa, and Gaṅgā promised that she would throw them into the water as soon as they were born, except one, upon whom they would each contribute one-eighth of their energies, but who should be childless (I, 96). (For continuation v. Śāntanūpākhyāna.)
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