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वृषादर्भि (vRSAdarbhi)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
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वृषा—दर्भि (MBh. )
m.
N.
 of a son of Śibi (cf. वृष-द्°).
Mahabharata
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Vṛshādarbhi, name of a king. § 655 (Āpaddh.): XII, 159, 5924.--§ 677 (Mokshadh.): XII, 235, 8598 (gave gems).--§ 750b (Bisastainyop.): XIII, 93, 4415 (ºeś ca saṃvādaṃ Saptarshīṇāṃ ca), 4424 (Śaibyaḥ), (4425), 4451, 4454 (narapatiṃ), (4455), 4474, 4538 (the story of V. (the son of Śibi, v. 4420) and the seven ṛshis).--§ 767 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 137, 6254 (rājarshiḥ, ascended to heaven, having given gems, etc., to the brahmans). Cf. Śaibya, Śibisūnu.
पुराणम्
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वृषादर्भि १ / VṚṢĀDARBHI I. A King of kāśī. vṛṣādarbhi who was the son of vṛṣadarbha, was known by the name yuvanāśva also. He gave as alms, various kinds of jewels, women, beautiful houses etc. and entered heaven. (M.B. śānti Parva, Chapter 234, Stanza 24).
वृषादर्भि २ / VṚṢĀDARBHI II. A famous son of śibi. The following is a story given in mahābhārata about this vṛṣādarbhi.
Once the seven hermits started for going round the earth. At this time vṛṣādarbhi had been performing a sacrifice. vṛṣādarbhi invoked the seven hermits and gave them his son as a gift. The child died before long. As famine was prevailing everywhere the hermits were weak and worn out by hunger. They wished to eat the flesh of the child. vṛṣādarbhi tried to dissuade the hermits from this beastly action in vain. At last the angry King created a wicked fairy to kill the hermits. Though the fairy attacked the hermits, indra, who had lived with the seven hermits killed the fairy.
vṛṣādarbhi was not at all behind his father śibi in liberality. There are various stories in mahābhārata to illustrate this.