Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

The choice of the source-book is abundantly justified because the Mahabharata as T believe is the richest mine for the exploration of the Bhargava material a veritable thesarus of Bhargava legends containing as it does the largest number and the greatest variety of such legends. [...] There is first of all the feud with the Ksatriyas which finally develops into the creation of the figure of the Bhargava Rama " the foremost of all weapon-bearers " who single-handed with the aid of his magical weapons the astras conquers the whole earth annihilating the Ksatriyas thrice seven times. [...] The celestials took the bones of Dadhica to Vivkarman the architect of the gods who fashioned out of his bones the thunderbolt with which Indra vanquished the enemies of the gods. [...] Yet again a few chapters later the arrival of Yudhisthira and his party at Mount Mahendra the headquarters of Rama now a sainnyasin affords a welcome opportunity to the bard for the presentation of a full-length portrait of the hero of the Bhargavas Rama son of Jamadagni ( Aranyaka 115-117 in the Vulgate ). The Panclavas bathe at the mouth of the Ganges and proceed to the river Vaitarani in [...] The ungrateful king intoxicated with the pride of power not heeding the hospitality seized and carried off by force from the hermitage the calf of the sacred cow of the sage.