[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.4896 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4896 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4896 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4896](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4896) VRṢADARBHI II. A famous son of Śibi. The following is a story given in Mahābhārata about this Vṛṣadarbhi. Once the seven hermits started for going round the earth. At this time Vṛṣadarbhi had been performing a sacrifice. Vṛṣadarbhi 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. Vṛṣadarbhi 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. Vṛṣadarbhi was not at all behind his father Śibi in liberality. There are various stories in Mahābhārata to illustrate this. - [Previous: c9.4895](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4895) - [Next: c9.4897](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4897) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4896](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4896) · Pramāṇa